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Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Virginia
Statute: § 16.1-281
Programs, care, services, and other support offered to the child and parents
Participation and conduct to be sought from the
child's parents
Visitation and other contact between the child
and the parents
When Reasonable Efforts Are Required
Statute: § 16.1-281
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To return the child to his parents within the shortest practicable time
When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required
Statute: § 16.1-281
Parental rights to another child have been terminated involuntarily
The parent has been convicted of murder or
voluntary manslaughter, or an attempt to commit
such offense, if the victim was a child of the
parent or the other parent of the child
The parent has been convicted of felony assault
resulting in serious bodily injury, or felony
sexual assault, if the victim was a child of the
parent
The parent has subjected the child to aggravated
circumstances, which can include torture, chronic
or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse
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