In re A.S.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably People ex rel. L.S. (2006), People Ex Rel. P.S.E. (2012)
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
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1903 (§ 4 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1912 (§ 102 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978)
Relies on People in Interest of TH · In re K.A.B.E. · In Re the Termination of Parental Rights Over Boy K. · In re A.H. · People in Interests of MC
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.
“Our standard of review is `whether the trial court's ultimate finding that clear and convincing evidence indicated termination was the least restrictive alternative commensurate with the child's best interests was clearly erroneous.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re SA · People Ex Rel. Ls“Children are not static objects. They grow and develop, and their proper growth and development require more than day-to-day satisfaction of their physical needs. Their growth and development also require day-to-day satisfaction of their emotional needs, and a primary emotional need is for permanence and stability.... A child’s need for permanence and stability, like his or her other needs, cannot be postponed. It must be provided early.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`When it comes to something as important as the welfare of young children, promises of the parents to conform to the standard of care for their children which is expected in our society do not carry as much weight as their past actions of not properly caring for the children.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People Ex Rel. Ls
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.