In Re Adner G.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(v) Fails to provide the child with a minimum degree of care or proper supervision or guardianship because of his or her unwillingness or inability to do so by situations or conditions such as, but not limited to: social problems, mental incompetency, or the use of a drug, drugs, or alcohol to the extent that the parent or other person responsible for the child's welfare loses his or her ability or is unwilling to properly care for the child[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Kurt H. · In re Sophia M.

2. “findings are entitled to great weight and will not be reversed on appeal unless the trial justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence, or was otherwise clearly wrong.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Sophia M. · In re Madlyn B.In re Luke B.

3. “[T]he clear and convincing standard requires that the fact-finder form a 'clear conviction without hesitancy of the truth of the precise facts in issue.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Sophia M. · In re Madlyn B.In re Luke B.