Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Georgia

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Prior to placement of a child in the custody of the department to prevent or eliminate the need for removing the child from the child's home

To make it possible for a child to return safely to the child's home

When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required

Statute: § 15-11-58

Reasonable efforts are not required when a court determines that:

The parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances, which may include abandonment, torture, chronic abuse, and sexual abuse

The parent has committed or attempted to commit murder or voluntary manslaughter or felony assault that resulted in serious bodily injury of another child of the parent

The parental rights to a sibling have been terminated involuntarily