Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Louisiana

What Are Reasonable Efforts

Statute: Ch. Code art. 603(17)

'Reasonable efforts' means the exercise of ordinary diligence and care by department caseworkers and supervisors and shall assume the availability of a reasonable program of services to children and their families.

When Reasonable Efforts Are Required

Statute: Ch. Code art. 684

Click here to be
helped in California! Pregnant? Click Here

To prevent removal

Preventive and reunification efforts, or both, to prevent or shorten the separation of the
family

When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required

Statute: Ch. Code art. 672.1

Efforts to reunify the parent and child are not required if a court has determined that:

The parent has subjected the child to egregious conduct or conditions, including any of the grounds for termination of parental rights pursuant to Article 1015

The parent has committed or attempted to commit murder or voluntary manslaughter of another child of the parent

The parent has committed a felony that resulted in serious bodily injury to the child or another child of the parent

The parental rights to a sibling have been terminated involuntarily