Ex Parte Anonymous’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2021
10 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 Bellotti v. Baird · 803 So. 2d 542 - Ex Parte Anonymous · 595 So. 2d 497 - Ex Parte Anonymous · 618 So. 2d 722 - Ex Parte Anonymous · 445 So. 2d 266 - Noland Co. v. SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[T]his Court recognized in Ex parte Anonymous, 595 So.2d 497 (Ala.1992), that `under this section, the petition for waiver of parental consent may be denied only if the court specifically finds both that (1) the minor is immature and not well enough informed to make the abortion decision on her own, and (2) that performance of the abortion would not be in her best interests.' ... "Section 26-21-4(g) requires the trial court to issue written and specific factual findings and legal conclusions supporting its decision."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"[W]here the trial court has had the opportunity to observe the witness and where assessments of the level of the minor's maturity are crucial the trial court's findings should be afforded considerable deference. Here, the trial judge had the responsibility of determining the facts. In particular, it was the trial judge's responsibility to determine whether the petitioner is mature enough and well-informed enough about the abortion procedure to make an independent decision whether to undergo an abortion without parental consent. See § 26-21-4(f), Ala.Code 1975. In addition to hearing the testimony, the trial judge could observe the minor and could consider her demeanor as she testified. That aspect of the evidence is denied an appellate court by a cold record. The trial judge was in a far better position than are we to determine, as a matter of fact, the minor's maturity and level of knowledge. The Legislature has mandated that a decision to grant or to deny a waiver of the requirement of parental consent is to rest upon an evaluation of the minor's maturity and level of knowledge. We conclude that because the decision must be based upon facts gleaned from the testimony best evaluated by the trial court, the ore tenus rule should apply. "When applying the ore tenus standard of review, we will reverse a trial court's judgment only when that judgment is `plainly erroneous or manifestly unjust.'"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In Re Anonymous“"(a) A minor who elects not to seek or does not or cannot for any reason, obtain consent from either of her parents... may petition, on her own behalf, the juvenile court, or the court of equal standing, in the county in which the minor resides or in the county in which the abortion is to be performed for a waiver of the consent requirement of this chapter.... ".... "(f) The required consent shall be waived if the court finds either: "(1) That the minor is mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own; or "(2) That performance of the abortion would be in the best interest of the minor."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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