In Re EAP’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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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.

1. “Subsection (a)(2) does not emphasize a parent's refusal or failure to perform parental duties, but instead emphasizes the child's present and future need for essential parental care, control [or] subsistence necessary for his physical and mental well-being”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of: S.C., Appeal of CYS · 2010 Pa. Super. 56 - In re Z.P.

2. “Parents are required to make diligent efforts towards the reasonabl[y] prompt assumption of full parental responsibilities. A parent's vow to cooperate, after a long period of uncooperativeness regarding the necessity or availability of services, may properly be rejected as untimely or disingenuous”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of: S.C., Appeal of CYS · In Re ZP

3. “Here, the record does show that Mother has participated in prison programs. Mother has completed 2 of 7 phases of the required sex offender treatment, and she has completed over 52 weeks of parenting programs, including one focusing on dealing with children with ADHD. This is commendable, but it cannot be the decisive factor under these circumstances. The caseworker, the therapist/psychiatric mental health specialist, and the child advocate each testified that E.A.P., in part due to her disorders, requires permanency and requires a caregiver who will be present for her. This was a recurring theme at the termination hearing. As the trial court stated, “the record in this case establishes that Mother does not have the capacity to parent [E.A.P.] because of her inability to remain present in [E.A.P.’s] life.” Essentially, Mother has never really provided parental care for E.A.P. Even when she was not incarcerated, E.A.P. lived with Grandmother. Though Mother resided at Grandmother’s as well for part of that time, the remainder of that time was spent at the homes of friends and acquaintances while E.A.P. remained with Grandmother.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 189 - In re Adoption of S.P.