In Re Daniel C.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that Santosky dealt only with standard by which elements in New York statute needed to be proved and citing majority of states applying “the Santosky requirement of clear and convincing evidence to whatever statutory elements the legislature has provided”
• rejecting notion that incarceration in and of itself constitutes abandonment of child, but finding sufficient evidence that father, who was repeatedly incarcerated, had willfully abandoned child and that the circumstances were unlikely to change in a reasonable time
• public policy furthered by encouraging relationship between parent and child, even when parent is incarcerated
• “The majority of cases we have reviewed simply apply the Santosky requirement of clear and convincing evidence to whatever statutory elements the legislature has provided.”
• both cases reject inferring willful abandonment from incarceration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Randy Scott B.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-07-07· cited 88×
• In re D.S., In re M.H.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2014-04-25· cited 40×
• In re Doris G.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2006-12-19· cited 36×
• In re A.C.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-10-10· cited 34×
• In re D.C., Juvenile
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-12-21· cited 31×
• In Re Annette P.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-04-10· cited 26×
• In re Jacob B.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-11-13· cited 24×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1986-01-17· cited 20×
• In Re the Infant Child Skinner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-08-23· cited 19×
• In Re Hannah S.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-02-18· cited 19×
• In Re Denise M.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-01-30· cited 17×
• In Re Hope H.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-05-06· cited 15×
• State v. Coreau
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-12-12· cited 14×
• In Re Cody T.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2009-09-01· cited 13×
• Adoption of Hali D.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2009-07-16· cited 13×
• In Re Christopher J.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-02-26· cited 13×
• In Re Maria C.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1987-06-24· cited 10×
• In re H.C.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2013-11-12· cited 10×
• In Re Sara K.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-07-20· cited 9×
• In Re Crystal S.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-10-31· cited 9×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• Harmon v. Emerson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-02-13· cited 160×
• In re T.R.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-28· cited 111×
• State v. ROBERT H. ____
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-10-30· cited 67×
• In re Juvenile Appeal (83-BC)
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-01-18· cited 57×
• People in Interest of MSH
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-01-10· cited 50×
• In Interest of JLP
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-07-21· cited 49×
• O.S. v. C.F.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1983-07-29· cited 37×
• Matter of Adoption of John Doe
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-05-20· cited 35×
• Department of Social & Health Services v. Ferguson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-08-24· cited 27×
• In the Interest of C.P.B.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-09-21· cited 23×
• Washington County Department of Social Services v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-23· cited 22×
• In Interest of DS
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1982-10-20· cited 20×
• In Re Shannon R.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-05-26· cited 18×
• In re L. A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-05-20· cited 12×
• Matter of Lozier
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-09-08· cited 11×
• In Re Interest of Spradlin
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1983-07-15· cited 9×
• State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Jenkins
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-10-13· cited 5×