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6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 81 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 re Juvenile Appeal.

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1 In re Juvenile Appeal Anchor
conn · 1980
green “regardless of fault, a child either has never known his or her parents, so that no relationship has ever developed between them, or has definitely lost that relationship, so that despite its former existence it has now been completely displaced.” 16
2 In re Juvenile Appeal
conn · 1980
green “whether the child has no present memories or feelings for the natural parent.” 15
3 In re Tabitha T.
connappct · 1999
green “feelings for the natural parent connotes feelings of a positive nature only.” 15
4 In re Savanna M.
connappct · 1999
green “the relationship that ordinarily develops as a result of a parent having met on a day to day basis the physical, emotional, moral and educational needs of the child and that to allow further time for the establishment or reestablishment of such parent-child relationship would be…” 14
5 In re Tabitha T.
connappct · 1999
green “whether the child has no present memories or feelings for the natural parent.” 11
6 In re Juvenile Appeal
conn · 1980
green “in either case the ultimate question is whether the child has no present memories or feelings for the natural parent.” 10

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