10 Indiana opinions name it 2 courts 1979–2023 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Indiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
In Re KGgreen2 sentences2023The parens patriae doctrine gives juvenile courts power to further the best interests of the child, “which implies a broad discretion unknown in the adult criminal court system.” Id. 2019Id. at 636 . | 2 | 6 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Indiana. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
KA v. State
green
1 sentence2012Id. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
State v. Davis
green
2 sentences2011"In the civil commitment context, justification is predicated on the State's interest in the protection of the public under the police power and the protection of the mentally ill person under the parens patriae doctrine." Davis, 898 N.E.2d at 284 . 2011“In the civil commitment context, justification is predicated on the State’s interest in the protection of the public under the police power and the protection of the mentally ill person under the parens patriae doctrine.” Davis, 898 N.E.2d at 284 . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
O'Connor v. Donaldson
green
2 sentences2008Id. at 575 , 95 S.Ct. 2486 . 2008Id. at 575 , 95 S.Ct. 2486 . | 1 | 2008–2008 |
Kent v. United States
green
2 sentences1979The parens patriae doctrine should never cease to shelter those entitled to its benefits and, as suggested in Kent v. United States (1966), 383 U.S. 541 , 86 S.Ct. 1045 , 16 L.Ed.2d 84 , procedural arbitrariness could effectively render it impotent. 1979The parens patriae doctrine should never cease to shelter those entitled to its benefits and, as suggested in Kent v. United States (1966), 383 U.S. 541 , 86 S.Ct. 1045 , 16 L.Ed.2d 84 , procedural arbitrariness could effectively render it impotent. | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.