In Re JAA’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
88
cited by 88 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
88 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Koufman v. Koufman · 123 N.C. App. 434 - Matter of Oghenekevebe · 158 N.C. App. 491 - In Re Baker · 139 N.C. App. 733 - In Re Brim · Gibbs v. Mayo
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial judge has a duty to properly inquire into the competency of a litigant in a civil trial or proceeding when circumstances are brought to the judge's attention, which raise a substantial question as to whether the litigant is non compos mentis.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage“The decision to terminate parental rights is vested within the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be overturned on appeal absent a showing that the [trial court's] actions were manifestly unsupported by reason.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re A.P. · In re S.F.-H.“the trial court is not required to appoint a guardian ad litem `in every case where substance abuse or some other cognitive limitation is alleged.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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