Derek W. v. David W.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Christina N. (2005), 78 Cal. App. 4th 1339 - In Re Jasmine D. (2000)
52 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Alan H. · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1411 - In Re Beatrice M. · 229 Cal. App. 3d 1196 - In Re Marriage of Martin · San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Tina G. · Orange County Social Services Agency v. Peggy M.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a substantial, positive emotional attachment such that the child would be greatly harmed, the preference for adoption is overcome and the natural parent's rights are not terminated.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“termination of parental rights would be detrimental to the child because the `parents ... have maintained regular visitation and contact with the minor and the minor would benefit from continuing the relationship.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“benefit from continuing the relationship”
2 later decisions 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.