Olson v. T.K.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 state decisions

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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To terminate parental rights, a court need not await the happening of a tragic event.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DQ · In Interest of Ta

2. “Assisting a parent to establish an adequate environment for the child by offering long term and intensive treatment is not mandated if it cannot be successfully undertaken in a time frame that would enable the child to return to the parental home without causing severe dislocation from emotional attachments formed during long-term foster care.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dd · In Interest of Ta

3. “[Mary] has continued in a counseling program at the Human Service Center where progress has been "sporadic". There has been progress with parenting and nurturing skills, but there continues to be a concern regarding her judgment and impulsive behaviors, particularly in regards to the child's father, [Mike]. .... Based upon their experience with [Mary] and the report from her psychological evaluation, the concerns of Social Services and [Mary's] counselor are that when it comes to [Mary's] relationship with [Mike], that becomes the primary focus of [Mary] and the needs of her child come second. Given the special needs of the child and [Mike's] failure to address his domestic violence and chemical usage problems, it is especially necessary that [Mary] be committed to putting the child's needs above her relationship problems with [Mike]. [Mary] maintains that she has discontinued her relationship with [Mike], yet she acknowledges that she is pregnant with his child and visits with him twice weekly, when possible, at the jail where he is incarcerated. Her statements are not consistent with her actions. .... Reasonable efforts have been made to prevent or eliminate the need to remove [Tim] from his home, but these efforts have as of yet been unsuccessful. To return or continue the child in his home at this time would be contrary to the child's welfare.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re TK