Weathers v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 675 So. 2d 377 - Allstate Ins. Co. v. Skelton · Beavers v. County of Walker · Ex Parte Bronstein · 620 So. 2d 582 - Ward v. City of Montgomery · 383 So. 2d 861 - Ashley v. Ashley
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must determine, after a careful consideration of all the evidence, whether [the grandparent's] continued participation in [his or her] grandchild's life after that child has been adopted by [a relative listed in § 26-10A-30 ] is a benefit to the child that outweighs any potential detriment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. D.T. v. W.G.“acknowledge[d] an exception to the general rule that an adoption order that terminates the rights of the natural parents also terminates the rights of the natural grandparents”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. D.T. v. W.G.“[s]upportive family relationships are vital to the growth and development of a child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. D.T. v. W.G.
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.