Court Cases by
State
ALABAMA
Burgess v. Alabama
CR-02-0977, 2005 WL 2402672 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005)
Dobyne v. State
672 So. 2d 1319 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)
Ex parte Dobyne
672 So. 2d 1354 (Ala. 1995)
Snipes v. State Department of Human
Resources
542 So. 2d 282 (Ala. Civ. App. 1989)
ALASKA
Denny v. Alaska
No. A-7140, 1999 WL 34002415 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999)
E.T. v. State
879 P. 2d 363 (Alaska 1994)
In The Matter of Adoption of F.H.
851 P. 2d 1361 (Alaska 1993)
Sherry R. v. State
74 P. 3d 896 (Alaska 2003)
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
Miller v. State
942 S.W. 2d 825, 328 Ark. 121 (1997)
CALIFORNIA
In re Andrews
52 P. 2d 656, 28 Cal. 4th 1234, 124 Cal. Rptr. 473 (2002)
California Restaurant Association v. City of
Los
Angeles
192 Cal. App. 3d 405, 237 Cal. Rptr. 415 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987)
People v. Arias
13 Cal. 4th 92, 913 P. 2d 980, 51 Cal. Rptr. 7770 (1996)
People v. Michael A.
2003 WL 2240513 (Cal. App. 5th)
People v. Michael F.
2003 WL 23096999 (Cal. App. 3 Dist.)
People v. Ray
13 Cal. 4th 313, 914 P. 2d 846, 52 Cal. Rptr. 2d 296 (1996)
People v. Roybal
19 Cal. 4th 481, 79 Cal. Rptr. 487 (1999)
In re Sahvanna
2003 WL 231302 (Cal. App. 3 Dist.)
Toni D. v. Superior Court
2002 WL 1943651 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.)
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
In The Interests of Alicia R.
1998 WL 855512 (Conn. Super.)
In The Interest of Jonathan M.
1998 WL 764142 (Conn. Super.)
In re Valerie D.
223 Conn. 492, 613 A. 2d 748 (1992)
In re Zaire T.
2001 WL 360046 (Conn. Super.)
DELAWARE
State v. Morris
1995 WL 562253 (Del. Super.)
State v. Sullivan
1995 WL 465172 (Del. Super.)
FLORIDA
Cherry v. State
781 So. 2d 1040, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S 719 (Fla. 2000)
Dillbeck v. Florida
882 So.2d 969 (Fla. 2004)
Dillbeck v. State
643 So. 2d 1027 (Fla.)
Elledge v. Florida
911 So.2d 57 (Fla. 2005)
Floyd v. State
2002 WL 58547 (Fla.)
Francis v. State
529 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 1988)
Hunter v. State
660 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 1995)
Jones v. State
652 So. 2d 346 (Fla. 1995)
Kearse v. State
770 So. 2d 1119 (Fla. 2000)
Nelson v. State
850 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 2003)
Remeta v. State
710 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 1998)
Zack v. State of Florida
753 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 2000)
GEORGIA
In the Interest of D.S.R.
246 Ga. App. 426, 541 S.E. 2d 61 (Ga. App. 2000)
In the Interest of L.S.M.
236 Ga. App. 537, 512 S.E. 2d 397 (Ga. App. 1999)
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
In re Alicia Z.
784 N.E. 2d 240, 336 Ill. App. 3d 476, 271 Ill. Dec. 22 (App. Ct.
2002)
INDIANA
Brown v. State
659 N.E. 2d 671 (Ind. Ct. App. 1996)
Davies v. State
758 N.E. 2d 981 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
In the Matter of the Adoption of
T.J.F.
798 N.E. 2d 867 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
IOWA
Foell v. State
2001 WL 1658885 (Iowa Ct. Appeals)
KANSAS
Bailey v. Kansas
89 P.3d 662, 2004 WL 1087063 (Kan. Ct. App. 2004)
KENTUCKY
Commonwealth v. Welch
864 S.W. 2d 280 (Ky. 1993)
LOUISIANA
April v. Associated Catholic Charities of
New Orleans
629 F. 2d 1295 (Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1993)
Lambert v. Associated Catholic Charities of
New Orleans, Inc.
842 So. 2d 1149 (La. App. 4 2003)
MAINE
In re Denice F.
658 A. 2d 1070 (Me. 1995)
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
Care & Protection of Pasquale
766 N.E. 2d 564, 54 Mass. App. Ct. 1113, 2002 WL 718168 (2002)
Adoption of Oliver
554 N.E. 2d 40, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 620 (Appeals Ct. 1990)
MICHIGAN
People v. Fleming
2003 WL 21675890 (Mich. App.)
People v. W.
222 Mich. App. 160, 564 N.W. 2d 903 (Ct. App. 1997)
MINNESOTA
In the Matter of the Children of Corey
Lee Dixon
2003 WL 21152526 (Minn. Ct. App.)
In The Matter of the Children of
Dixon
2003 WL 21152526 (Minn. App.)
In the Matter of the Welfare of
G.A.R.B.
2004 WL 51814 (Minn. App.)
State v. Goldenstein
505 N.W. 2d 332 (Ct. App. Minn. 1993)
State v. Ross
1996 WL 208476 (Minn. Ct. App.)
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
Johnson v. State of Missouri
102 S.W. 2d 535 (Mo. 2003)
State v. Johnson
22 S.W. 2d 183 (Mo. 2000)
MONTANA
In the Matter of the Custody and Parental
Rights of M.M.
271 Mont. 52, 894 P. 2d 298 (1995)
In re the custody of T.M.
267 Mont. 75, 881 P. 2d 1333 (1994)
NEBRASKA
In re Interest of Crystal T.
4 Neb. App. 503, 546 N.W. 2d 77 (1996)
NEVADA
State v. Haberstroh
69 P. 2d 676 (Nev. 2003)
Sheriff, Washoe County, Nevada v.
Encoe
110 New. 1317, 885 P. 2d 596 (1994)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
State v. Timmendequas
168 N.J. 20, 773 A. 2d 18 (2001)
161 N.J. 515, 737 A. 2d 55 (1999)
NEW MEXICO
State v. Setser
122 N.M. 794, 932 P. 2d 484 (N.Mex. 1996)
NEW YORK
People v. Bell
172 Misc. 2d 25, 656 N.Y.S. 2d 162 (1997)
In the Matter of Natasha Milland
146 Misc. 2d 1, 146 Misc. 2d 1 (Family Ct. N.Y. Cty. 1989)
In the Matter of Danielle Smith
128 Misc. 2d 976, 492 N.Y.S. 2d (N.Y. Family Ct. 1985)
Walton v. Albany Community Development
Agency
279 A.D. 93, 718 N.Y.S. 2d 456 (3rd App. Div. 2001)
NORTH CAROLINA
Burt ex. rel. County of Wake Adult
Guardianship Programs v. North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
605 S.E.2d 740 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)
State v. Jones
153 N.C. App. 358, 570 S.E. 2d 128 (N.C.Ct. App. 2002)
State v. Locklear
349 N.C. 118, 505 S.E. 2d 277 (N.C. 1998)
State v. Rose
339 N.C. 172, 451 S.E. 2d 211 (N.C. 1994)
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
In re Adoption of Charles B.
552 N.E. 2d 884, 50 Ohio St. 3d 88 (1990)
State v. Murphy
91 Ohio St. 3d 516, 747 N.E. 2d 765 (2001)
OKLAHOMA
Murphy v. State
54 P. 2d 556 (Okl. Crim. App. 2002)
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
J.A. v. St. Joseph's Children's &
Maternity Hospital
52 Pa. D. & C. 4th 142
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
State v. Bonner
577 N.W. 2d 575, 1998 S.D. 30 (1998)
Laws v. South Dakota Dept. of Social
Services
598 N.W. 2d 554 (S.D. 1999)
TENNESSEE
Black v. Tennessee
No. M2004-01345-CCA-R3-PD, slip op., 2005 WL 2662577 (Tenn. Crim. App.
2005)
In re Dalilah Rose
1996 WL 745838 (Conn. Super.)
Davidson v. State
2000 WL 674697 (Tenn. Crim. App.)
TEXAS
In the Interest of B.B. and P.B.
971 S.W. 2d 160 (Texas Ct. App. 1998)
In the Matter of C.C.
1997 WL 360676 (Tex. Ct. App.)
Hall v. Texas
160 S.W.3d 24 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004)
In the Interest of M.A.C.
49 S.W. 3d 923 (Tex. App. 2001)
McGuire v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.
790 S.W. 2d 842 (Tex. App. 1990)
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
Williams v. Warden of the Mecklenburg
Correctional Center
254 Va. 16, 487 S.E. 2d 194 (1997)
WASHINGTON
State v. Anderson
2002 WL 1278062 (Wash. Div. App. 2)
Bateman v. Valley Clinic
127 Wash. App. 1002, 2005 WL 895818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005)
State v. Brett
126 Wash. 2d 136, 892 P. 2d 29 (1995)
In the Matter of Brett
142 Wash. 2d 868, 16 P. 3d 601 (2001)
State v. Christoph
2000 WL 1854134 (Wash. App. Div. 3)
State v. Dearbone
125 Wash. 2d 173, 883 P. 2d 303 (1994)
Devereaux v. Perez
2000 WL 1781357 (Wash. App. Div. 3)
State v. E.A.J.
67 P. 3d 518 (Wa. Ct. App. 2003)
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of
Brian Keith Lord
868 P. 2d 835, 123 Wash. 2d 296 (1994)
Mahaney v. Mahaney
51 P. 3d 776, 146 Wash. 2d 878 (2002)
State v. Martinez
1999 WL 152847 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
McKinney v. State
950 P. 2d 461, 134 Wash. 2d 388 (1998)
Miller v. Department of Social and Health
Services
2003 WL 220958 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
In re the Detention of Nicholas
1999 WL 305229 (Wa. App. 2d)
State v. Pirtle
127 Wash. 2d 628, 904 P. 2d 245 (Wash. 1996)
Price v. State
96 Wash. App. 604, 980 P. 2d 302 (1999)
Schoonover v. State
116 Wash. App. 171, 64 P. 3d 677 (2003)
State v. Sidwell
1997 WL 1340003 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
State v. S.S.
67 Wash. App. 800, 840 P. 2d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992)
State v. William K.
1997 WL 222804 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Sherman v. Adoption Center of Washington,
Inc.
741 A. 2d 1031 (D.C.App. 1999)
Appeal of U.S.W.
541 A. 2d 625 (D.C.Ct.App. 1998)
WEST VIRGINIA
State ex rel. Aaron M. v. West Virginia
Dept. of Health and Human Resources
571 S.E. 2d 142, 211 W.Va. 323 (2001)
In re Brandon Lee
567 S.E. 2d 597 (W.Va. 2001)
WISCONSIN
State v. Deborah Z.
228 Wis. 2d 468, 596 N.W. 2d 490 (1999)
State v. Lee
220 Wis. 2d 716, 583 N.W. 2d 674, 1998 WL 286352 (Ct. App. Wisc. 1998)
State v. Storzer
2001 WL 15926 (Wis. App.)
In the Interest of Tawanya J.
193 Wis. 2d 639, 537 N.W. 2d 434, 1995 WL 146902 (Ct. App. 1995)
WYOMING
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