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In Re JLE’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2011
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on In Re Baby Girl Eason · 217 Ga. App. 368 - Turner v. Wright · 254 Ga. App. 172 - Smith v. Soligon · Alexander v. Guthrie · 264 Ga. App. 833 - In Re Dw

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

  1. “[b]ecause [the father] failed to legitimate [J.S.], he lacked standing to challenge the termination of his parental rights.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “If the [trial] court concludes that the father has abandoned his opportunity interest, that finding is sufficient to end the court's inquiry and justifies the denial of the legitimation petition”
    1 later decision 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.