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← 645 SE2D 716 - In Re Ab

In Re Ab’s Empirical Analysis

2007

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Petkas v. Grizzard · In the Interest of S. L. B. · 271 Ga. App. 518 - In Re Jw · 265 Ga. App. 684 - In Re Slb · In the Interest of J. L.

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

  1. “In reviewing a juvenile court's decision to terminate parental rights, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the juvenile court's disposition and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parent's rights to custody should be terminated. In so doing, we do not weigh the evidence or determine the credibility of witnesses; rather, we defer to the juvenile court's factfinding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “If the child is found to be a deprived child, the court may ... [p]ermit the child to remain with ... her parents... subject to conditions and limitations as the court prescribes.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for the child's physical, mental, or emotional health or morals[.]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. In Re Ch

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.