In re J.S.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that father never had custody of child where he \was not involved in the child's life for the significant part of 15 years and only became interested in the action ten years after significant State involvement refocused his attention to the matter\
• not applying ICWA when father never obtained legal or physical custody of child and indicated that he wanted to relinquish his parental rights
• not applying ICWA when father never obtained legal or physical custody of child and indicated that he wanted to relinquish his parental rights
• applying \[c]ommon sense\ to interpret ICWA's placement preferences

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2017-08-31· cited 45×
• Jude M. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-04-28· cited 39×
• R.B. v. C.W.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-07-07· cited 14×
• In re M.S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-09-30· cited 11×
• Matter of S.B.C. Jr.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-12-30· cited 8×
• In re P.T.D.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2018-08-22· cited 6×
• Matter of M.S. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-11-12· cited 1×
• Matter of J.S. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-03-25
• Matter of M.S. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2014-09-30
• In Re The Welfare Of T.a.w.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-07-07
• Matter of Y.A. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2015-11-10
• Matter of E.O. and N.B. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2016-03-08
• Matter of P v. YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2016-03-29
• Jude M. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-04-28
• Matter of M.RC YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2017-08-15
• Matter of M.F., YINC
  Montana Supreme Court· 2026-06-23

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-25· cited 164×
• D.E.D. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-08-23· cited 73×
• In re G.S.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2002-11-07· cited 45×
• In re A.N.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2005-02-01· cited 38×
• In re D.S.B.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2013-04-30· cited 37×
• In re C.H.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2000-03-16· cited 32×
• In re K.B.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2013-05-15· cited 30×
• In Re CH
  Montana Supreme Court· 2000-03-16· cited 23×
• In re Declaring M.E.M.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-04-09· cited 23×
• In re M.P.M.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1999-04-20· cited 18×
• In re J.W.C.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2011-12-13· cited 13×