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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 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 Nix v. Department of Human Resources.

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1 Nix v. Department of Human Resources Anchor
ga · 1976
green “there can scarcely be imagined a more fundamental and fiercely guarded right than the right of a natural parent to its offspring.” 13
2 Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children Services
ga · 1976
green “wresting a child away from the care and custody of its parents is of serious consequence and is so drastic that it should be attended only by the most stringent procedural safeguards.” 2

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