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In Re RBB’s Empirical Analysis

2007

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited

13 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 156 N.C. App. 281 - In Re Shermer · 141 N.C. App. 475 - In Re Gleisner · 162 N.C. App. 215 - In Re Shepard · 81 N.C. App. 82 - Matter of White · 153 N.C. App. 565 - In Re Faircloth

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

  1. “(1) The age of the juvenile. (2) The likelihood of adoption of the juvenile. (3) Whether the termination of parental rights will aid in the accomplishment of the permanent plan for the juvenile. (4) The bond between the juvenile and the parent. (5) The quality of the relationship between the juvenile and the proposed adoptive parent, guardian, custodian, or other permanent placement. (6) Any relevant consideration.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “The burden is on the petitioner to prove the allegations of the termination petition by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[A] trial court may combine the [N.C. Gen. Stat.] § 7B-1109 adjudicatory stage and the [N.C. Gen. Stat.] § 7B-1110 dispositional stage into one hearing, so long as the trial court applies the correct evidentiary standard at each stage and the trial court's orders associated with the termination action contain the appropriate standard-of-proof recitations[.]”
    1 later decision 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.