In Re TM’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`Standing is jurisdictional in nature and "[c]onsequently, standing is a threshold issue that must be addressed, and found to exist, before the merits of [the] case are judicially resolved.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re: M.S. · 200 N.C. App. 739 - In Re Tb

2. “(1) Either parent seeking termination of the right of the other parent. (2) Any person who has been judicially appointed as the guardian of the person of the juvenile. (3) Any county department of social services, consolidated county human services agency, or licensed child-placing agency to whom custody of the juvenile has been given by a court of competent jurisdiction. (4) Any county department of social services, consolidated county human services agency, or licensed child-placing agency to which the juvenile has been surrendered for adoption by one of the parents or by the guardian of the person of the juvenile, pursuant to G.S. 48-3-701. (5) Any person with whom the juvenile has resided for a continuous period of two years or more next preceding the filing of the petition or motion. (6) Any guardian ad litem appointed to represent the minor juvenile pursuant to G.S. 7B-601 who has not been relieved of this responsibility. (7) Any person who has filed a petition for adoption pursuant to Chapter 48 of the General Statutes.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re B.O. · In Re KJL

3. “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1103(a)(3) (2005) (emphasis added).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 N.C. App. 481 - In re S.E.P. · In Re SEP