Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families Mississippi

What Are Reasonable Efforts

Statute:

Not specified in statutes reviewed

When Reasonable Efforts Are Required

Statute: §§ 43-15-13(8); 43-21-603(7)

To prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child from the child's home

To reunify the family when temporary placement of child occurs

When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required

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Statute: § 43-21-603(7)

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

The parent has been convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of another child or felony assault to the child or another child

The parental rights to another child have been terminated involuntarily

Continuation of the child in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child