In re Daniel C.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
144 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 144 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably In re Samantha C. (2004), In Re Melody L. (2009)
144 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 42 U.S.C. § 670 (§ 470 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on 29 Conn. App. 112 - In re Michael M. · In re Eden F. · In re Tabitha · In re Hector L. · In re Roshawn R.
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 144 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has made reasonable efforts to locate the parent and to reunify the child with the parent.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“must determine whether termination is in the best interests of the child.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]t is axiomatic that in seeking to terminate parental rights, the commissioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the department made reasonable efforts to reunify the parent and child as required by [the statute]. . . . The word reasonable is the linchpin on which the department's efforts in a particular set of circumstances are to be adjudged, using the clear and convincing standard of proof. . . . [R]easonable efforts means doing everything reasonable, not everything possible.”
6 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.