Chapman v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably Champagne v. WELFARE DIV. OF NEV. STATE DEPT. (1984), Woodruff v. Keale (1981)
27 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 Sernaker v. Ehrlich · Carson v. Lowe · Painter v. Bannister · Casper v. Huber · Pyborn v. Quathamer
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] finding of neglect must be based upon the treatment of the child while the parent has custody: neglect is not established when the child is left by the parent in an environment where the child is known to be receiving proper care.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“An order of the court for termination of parental rights may be made on the grounds that the termination is in the child’s best interest in light of the considerations set forth in this section and NRS 128.106, 128.107 and 128.108: 1. Abandonment of the child; 2. Neglect of the child; 3. Unfitness of the parent; 4. Risk of serious physical, mental or emotional injury to the child if he were returned to, or remains in, the home of his parent or parents; 5. Only token efforts by the parent or parents: (a) To support or communicate with the child; (b) To prevent neglect of the child; (c) To avoid being an unfit parent; or (d) To eliminate the risk of serious physical, mental or emotional injury to the child; or 6. With respect to termination of the parental rights of one parent, the abandonment by that parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Smith“any parent of a child who, by reason of his fault or habit or conduct toward the child or other persons, fails to provide such child with proper care, guidance and support.”
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.