In re Ruiz

How courts have described this case

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

• finding because “a child does have a right to begin life with a sound mind and body,” viable fetus is a child under the existing child abuse statute and hann to it may be considered abuse
• mother's use of heroin close to baby's birth created substantial risk to the health of the child and constituted child abuse
• the protection of an unborn child's interest in life is bestowed at viability and injury to the fetus after that point is abuse
• a finding that a child is abused [as defined by Ohio statute] may rest solely on the mother’s prenatal conduct
• mother's use of heroin close to baby's birth created substantial risk to the health of the child and constituted child abuse
• mother’s use of heroin constituted abuse of viable fetus under child abuse statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Gray
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1992-02-12· cited 55×
• In re Baby Boy Blackshear
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-10-25· cited 33×
• In re Tyesha C.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-05-29· cited 30×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-07-23· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Pellegrini
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-02-26· cited 26×
• In re A.L.C.M.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-06-09· cited 19×
• In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Severance Action No. S-120171
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-11-21· cited 15×
• In Re Dustin T.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-10-29· cited 15×
• In re Valerie D.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-08-27· cited 14×
• Johnson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-18· cited 6×
• PEOPLE ex rel. H.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2003-05-22· cited 1×
• Opinion No. (1997)
  Missouri Attorney General Reports· 1997-08-15

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-10-27· cited 178×
• Womack v. Buchhorn
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1971-06-01· cited 66×
• State v. Dickinson
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1971-11-24· cited 63×
• In the Matter of Baby X
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-04-23· cited 61×
• Werling v. Sandy
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1985-04-24· cited 40×
• In re Smith
  NYC Family Court· 1985-07-05· cited 10×