In Re Rjdb’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is well settled that children need permanence of home and emotional stability[,] or they are likely to suffer serious emotional problems.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 315 Ga. App. 607 - In Re Cl · 309 Ga. App. 51 - In Re Je

2. “[J]udging the credibility of [the mother's] good intentions was a task for the juvenile court. Moreover, the juvenile court was authorized to consider the mother's past conduct in determining whether the causes of deprivation were likely to continue. And the decision as to a child's future must rest on more than positive promises which are contrary to negative past fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 309 Ga. App. 407 - In Re Rb

3. “In determining whether the child is without proper parental care and control, the [juvenile] court shall consider, without being limited to, [evidence of] . . . [p]hysical, mental, or emotional neglect of the child or evidence of past physical, mental, or emotional neglect of the child or of another child by the parent[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 309 Ga. App. 407 - In Re Rb