In re T.J.

How courts have described this case

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

• mother's choice entitled to weighty consideration although she was unable to parent child due to mental illness
• mother’s choice entitled to weighty consideration although she was unable to parent child due to mental illness
• court found by clear and convincing evidence that mother was withholding consent contrary to child’s best interests
• despite this finding, court still required, when comparing petitioning parties, to override mother’s preference only upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence
• child had spent twenty-five weekends in great-aunt’s home and “appeared, to various observers, to be comfortable” with her parents’ preferred caretaker
• “the court found ... when pitting the foster mother against the natural parents, that the parents were withholding their consent to the adoption contrary to T.J.’s best interest”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Cater
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-11-23· cited 94×
• In Re Dortch
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2004-10-21· cited 27×
• In re C.T.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-02-11· cited 23×
• In re T.W.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-07-15· cited 23×
• In Re An. C.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-12-30· cited 20×
• In Re Adoption of M.J.S.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-10-05· cited 19×
• In Re Ca. S.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2003-07-10· cited 19×
• In re F.N.B.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-01-29· cited 16×
• In re D.S.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2012-09-20· cited 16×
• In re T.W.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-02-05· cited 15×
• In re K.I.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-07-29· cited 14×
• In re F.W. & D.T.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-03-17· cited 11×
• In re A.T.A.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-11-09· cited 11×
• In re C.A.B.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-09-23· cited 11×
• In re T.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-10-02· cited 10×
• In Re Allen
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-09-08· cited 9×
• In re B.J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-02-15· cited 8×
• In re Petition of T.W.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-04-28· cited 8×
• In Re Ja. J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-12-31· cited 7×
• In re A.B.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-08-21· cited 6×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Meyer v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-04· cited 3,363×
• Prince v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1944-03-27· cited 2,515×
• Bolling v. Sharpe
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-17· cited 2,385×
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,904×
• In Re Stephanie M.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 1,400×
• Quilloin v. Walcott
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 1,234×
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 1,061×
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-21· cited 995×
• In Re Petition for Adoption of J. S. R.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-05-26· cited 86×
• Appeal of H.R.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-08-29· cited 85×
• Guardianship of Smith
  California Supreme Court· 1954-01-13· cited 67×
• Petition of DIS
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-07-03· cited 64×
• In re D.R.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-02-28· cited 63×
• In Re Baby Boy C.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-08-19· cited 56×
• Violetta B. v. Stanciel
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-03-07· cited 56×
• In re L.L.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-02-09· cited 53×
• District of Columbia v. Hudson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-07-19· cited 49×
• Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 49×