In re A.H.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently December 2023
21 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 670 (§ 470 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on 241 Pa. Super. 174 - Matter of DeSavage · In the Interest of Lilley · 431 Pa. Super. 198 - In Re MK · In re C.R.S. · 438 Pa. Super. 409 - In the Interest of J.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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Furthermore, when determining whether a parent is providing a minor with proper care and control.. .the caretaker’s acts and omissions should weigh equally. The parental duty extends beyond mere restraint from actively abusing a child; rather, there exists a duty to protect the child from the harm that others may inflict.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6302, Definitions, "Aggravated circumstances", (2), aggravated circumstances exist when the child or another child of the parent has been the victim of physical abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, sexual violence or aggravated physical neglect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“determine whether or not reasonable efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for removing the child from the home or to preserve and reunify the family shall be made or continue to be made.”
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.