Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Texas
Statute: Family Code § 262.001
As determined in a service plan
When Reasonable Efforts Are Required
Statute: Family Code §§ 262.001; 262.2015
To prevent or eliminate the need to remove a child from the child's home
To make it possible for the child to return home
To finalize the permanent placement of a child
for whom the court has made a finding that
reasonable efforts to return the child home are
not required
When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required
Statute: Family Code § 262.2015
The parent has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances:
The parent abandoned the child without a means of
identifying the child
The child is a victim of serious bodily injury or
sexual abuse inflicted by the parent or another
person with the parent's consent
The parent has committed against the child
murder, manslaughter, indecency with a child,
sexual assault, aggravated assault, injury to a
child, abandoning or endangering a child,
prohibited sexual conduct, sexual performance by
a child, or possession or promotion of child
pornography
The parent voluntarily left the child alone or in
the possession of another person for at least 6
months without expressing the intent to return
and without providing adequate support for the
child
Parental rights to another child have been
terminated involuntarily
The parent has been convicted for the murder or
voluntary manslaughter of another child, or
aiding, abetting, or attempting such crime
The parent has been convicted of a felony assault
that resulted in serious bodily injury of the
child or another child of the parent
