Olson v. K.M.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Olson v. T.K. (2001), Cleveland v. Director, Cass County Social Services (1999)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Maragos v. A.S. · Meyers v. J.H. · McBeth v. M.D.K. · Jacobson v. J.A.L. · In Interest of AMA
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to remain in this indeterminate status midway between foster care and the obvious need for permanent placement.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“On appeal, we review the juvenile court's decision to terminate parental rights and examine the evidence in a manner similar to a trial de novo. We will review the files, records, and minutes or transcript of the evidence of the juvenile court, giving appreciable weight to the findings of the juvenile court. Although the review is similar to trial de novo, we give deference to the juvenile court's decision, because that court has had the opportunity to observe the candor and demeanor of the witnesses.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he primary purpose of N.D.C.C. ch. 27-20 is to protect the welfare of children.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.