continued absence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 405 U.S. 669 - Carter v. Stanton · 1972Most cited · 1,002 citing opinions
that 'the absence shall have been continuous' for at least six months, 4 except when the department of welfare finds there are 'exceptional circumstances of need.
How often courts cite the case defining “continued absence”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “continued absence” — 996 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.