In Re CT’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “failure to issue a summons deprives the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction,”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re MG · 187 N.C. App. 502 - In re K.A.D.

2. “(a) . . . [U]pon the filing of the [termination] petition, the court shall cause a summons to be issued. The summons shall be directed to the following persons or agency, not otherwise a party petitioner, who shall be named as respondents: . . . . (5) The juvenile. . . . Except that the summons and other pleadings or papers directed to the juvenile shall be served upon the juvenile's guardian ad litem if one has been appointed. . . .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re MG · 187 N.C. App. 536 - In re M.G.

3. “[A] case . . . where a statutorily required summons was not issued regarding a proceeding concerning a juvenile [is] a situation different from that presented by technical defects in service of a summons.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re NCH · In Re MG