7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 73 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 Meyer v. Nebraska.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meyer v. Nebraska Anchor | green | “parents have a 'fundamental liberty interest' in the care, custody, and management of the child.” | 29 |
| 2 | In re B.S. | green | “adjudicatory, emergency, detention, and temporary-disposition hearings, and dispositional hearings for abused, neglected, or dependent children, all of which occur prior to a decision transferring permanent custody to the state.” | 11 |
| 3 | In re Y.W. | green | “r.c. 2151.414(b)(1) establishes a two-part test for courts to apply when determining whether to grant a motion for permanent custody: (1) the trial court must find that one of the circumstances in r.c. 2151.414(b)(1)(a)-(e) applies, and (2) the trial court must find that permane…” | 10 |
| 4 | In re M.R. | green | “the findings under r.c. 2151.414(b)(1)(a) and r.c. 2151.414(b)(1)(d) are alternative findings, and each is independently sufficient to use as a basis to grant the agency's motion for permanent custody.” | 8 |
| 5 | In re A.F. | green | “under r.c. 2151.414(d)(1), the trial court is required to consider all relevant factors listed in that subdivision, as well as any other relevant factors.” | 8 |
| 6 | In re I.H. | green | “reasonable efforts' has been defined as the state's efforts, after intervening to protect a child's health or safety, to resolve the threat to the child before removing the child from the home or to return the child to the home after the threat is removed.” | 4 |
| 7 | In re W.J. | green | “it is generally accepted that a trial court is not limited to considering only current compliance with case plan objectives or objectives related to housing and income in its analysis of the child's need for a legally secure permanent placement.” | 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.