Jb v. Jefferson County Dhr’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Massiah v. United States · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Lehr v. Robertson · Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Whether DHR has made reasonable efforts to reunite a parent and a child is a fact-dependent inquiry. J.B. v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Human Res. , 869 So.2d 475 , 482 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). '[T]he efforts actually required by DHR in each case, whether the court is considering rehabilitation or reunification, depend on the particular facts of that case, the statutory obligations regarding family reunification, and the best interests of the child.' J.B. , 869 So.2d at 482 ."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonable efforts . . . toward the rehabilitation of the parents,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“"A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of his presence, care, love, protection, maintenance or the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent."”
1 later decision 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.