In Re Js’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “If the ... court concludes that the father has abandoned his opportunity interest, that finding is sufficient to end the court's inquiry and justifies the denial of the legitimation petition.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. BRUMBELOW v. MATHENIA Et Al. · 309 Ga. App. 387 - Morris v. Morris

2. “A biological father who is not the legal father loses all rights to the child and the court shall enter an order terminating all such father's rights to the child and such father may not thereafter object to the termination of his rights to the child if within 30 days from his receipt of the notice [of the termination proceeding] he... [d]oes not file a legitimation petition and give notice as required in subsection (h) of this Code section.”

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

3. “Thus, because the father failed to legitimate [T.B.R.], he lacked standing to challenge the termination of his parental rights.”

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