Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Delaware

What Are Reasonable Efforts

Statute: Tit. 29, § 9003

The Division of Family Services will provide family preservation services.

When Reasonable Efforts Are Required

Statute: Tit. 29, § 9003

Services will be provided to those families whose children are at imminent risk of out-of-home placement when it is determined that out-of-home placement can be avoided.

for California

When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required

Statute: Tit. 13, § 1103

Reunification services are not required when the grounds for termination of parental rights are:

The child has been abandoned

The parent has committed or attempted to commit
a felony offense against the person where the
victim was a child

The parent committed or attempted to commit the
offense of dealing in children

The parent committed the felony of endangering
the welfare of a child

The parent's rights to another child have been
terminated

The parent has subjected the child to torture,
chronic abuse, sexual abuse, or life-threatening
abuse