88 Ill. App. 3d 8 - Pyatt v. Pyatt’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
July 1990
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 29 Ill. App. 3d 731 - People v. Grant · 72 Ill. App. 3d 946 - Blakey v. Blakey · Griffin v. Pence · 38 Ill. App. 2d 463 - Houston v. Brackett
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To justify termination of parental rights, the parent’s unfitness for the exercise of parental rights must be established not merely by a preponderance of the evidence but by clear and convincing evidence presented in strict compliance with the Adoption Act. [Citation.] It is axiomatic that a court of review may not disturb the findings of the trial court unless they are palpably against the manifest weight of the evidence. [Citation.] The opportunity of the trial court to observe the conduct and the demeanor of the parties while testifying is, of course, a vital factor in the evaluation of the correctness of the court’s determination.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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