In re Inquiry into J.L.B.

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding the Montana neglect act because there was no pattern of over-broad interpretation and the language was broad enough to include important harms to children
• mental illness alone is not a constitutionally sufficient basis for the termination of parental rights
• “[M]ental deficiencies alone do not justify termination if there is no evidence that the child is in some way harmed or likely to be harmed because of the parent’s condition.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• In the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JS-5209 & No. JS-4963
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-10-23· cited 68×
• Matter of Guardianship of Aschenbrenner
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-07-17· cited 52×
• In re C.A.R.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-12-20· cited 39×
• Wenz v. Schwartze
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-08-01· cited 29×
• Czapranski v. Czapranski
  Montana Supreme Court· 2003-02-11· cited 27×
• In Re the Marriage of Stout
  Montana Supreme Court· 1985-06-13· cited 26×
• Dull v. Delaware County Department of Public Welfare
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-04-21· cited 23×
• In re A.M.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-04-17· cited 23×
• Tucker v. Shelby County Department of Public Welfare
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-09-30· cited 21×
• In re M. G. M.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1982-12-09· cited 19×
• In re R.A.D.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1988-03-18· cited 16×
• In re J.L.S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1988-09-28· cited 15×
• In re the Matter of Declaring M.R.L.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1980-03-24· cited 13×
• Babcock v. Wonnacott
  Montana Supreme Court· 1994-11-29· cited 12×
• In re Declaring M.W.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1988-11-29· cited 10×
• In re L.W.K.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1989-01-27· cited 10×
• In re A.J.S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1981-06-17· cited 9×
• Matter of JLB
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-05-16· cited 8×
• In re Declaring T.M.M.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1988-10-13· cited 8×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Griswold v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,329×
• Meyer v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-04· cited 3,363×
• Prince v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1944-03-27· cited 2,515×
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-01· cited 1,929×
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 1,061×
• May v. Anderson
  Supreme Court· 1953-05-18· cited 674×
• State v. McMaster
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-06-23· cited 107×
• Matter of Guardianship of Doney
  Montana Supreme Court· 1977-10-14· cited 66×
• Matter of the Welfare of Kidd
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1978-01-06· cited 56×
• In Re Declaring Fish
  Montana Supreme Court· 1977-09-27· cited 20×
• Division of Child Welfare Services Department of Public Welfare v. Fisher
  Montana Supreme Court· 1976-02-05· cited 16×
• State, in Interest of E. v. Jt
  Utah Supreme Court· 1978-04-11· cited 16×
• In re Inquiry into J. J. S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1978-04-05· cited 16×
• Matter of Henderson
  Montana Supreme Court· 1975-11-26· cited 13×
• In re Orzo
  NYC Family Court· 1975-10-23· cited 11×
• In re the Guardianship of the Person & Custody of Strausberg
  New York Family Court· 1977-12-29· cited 4×