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In Re DLT’s Empirical Analysis

2007

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
February 2012
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 232 Ga. App. 876 - In the Interest of J. S. · 264 Ga. App. 777 - In Re BIF · 272 Ga. App. 429 - In Re Ak · In the Interest of T. B. · 279 Ga. App. 7 - In Re TL

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

  1. “[I]t is well established that children need permanence of home and emotional stability or they are likely to suffer serious emotional problems.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[t]he same evidence that the child's deprivation is likely to continue . . . may also support a finding that a child will likely suffer serious harm from that continued deprivation”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[t]he decision as to a child's future must rest on more than positive promises which are contrary to negative past fact.”
    2 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.