In Re MC’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “[W]here evidence shows no parental bond between parent and child, the child has adapted well to foster care, and the foster parent [] wish[es] to adopt, this is sufficient to support the conclusion that continued deprivation is likely to harm the child.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dh · In Re Jrn

2. “Georgia law requires a parent to financially support his or her child while the child is in foster care, even in the absence of a court order and even if unable to earn income”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dbc · In Re Ml

3. “On appeal from a termination order, this Court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the appellee and determines whether any rational trier of fact could have found by clear and convincing evidence that the natural parents' rights to custody have been lost. In the Interest of S.H., 251 Ga.App. 555 (1), 553 S.E.2d 849 (2001). "This court neither weighs evidence nor determines the credibility of witnesses; rather, we defer to the trial court's fact-finding and affirm unless the appellate standard is not met." . . . In the Interest of C.R.G., 272 Ga.App. 161, 161-162 , 611 S.E.2d 784 (2005).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Th