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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Interest of RMB.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Interest of RMB Anchor | green | “intent to abandon the child, which may be inferred from a parent's conduct.” | 5 |
| 2 | In Interest of CKH | green | “a parent's incarceration is not alone a defense to abandonment, and abandonment may rest upon the parent's confinement coupled with other factors such as parental neglect, absence of contact, failure to support, and disregard for the child's general welfare.” | 5 |
| 3 | Healy v. Healy | green | “an appeal is frivolous if it is flagrantly groundless, devoid of merit, or demonstrates persistence in the course of litigation which evidences bad faith.” | 4 |
| 4 | Hanson v. Hanson | green | “the supreme court may take appropriate action against any person failing to perform an act required by rule or court order.” | 3 |
| 5 | In Re Adoption of HRW | neutral | “imprisonment per se is not sufficient to constitute intentional abandonment.” | 3 |
| 6 | In Interest of FH | green | “with other factors, such as parental neglect and withholding parental affection, lend support to a finding that the parent had relinquished all parental claims to his child and thereby abandoned him.” | 3 |
| 7 | Landsberger v. Landsberger | green | “a finding of fact is not clearly erroneous unless it has no support in the evidence or, although there may be some supporting evidence for it, this court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.