Reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families
Sec. 5.5. (a) In determining the extent to which reasonable efforts
to reunify or preserve a family are appropriate under this chapter, the
child's health and safety are of paramount concern.
(b) Except as provided in section 5.6 of this chapter, a county
office of family and children shall make reasonable efforts to
preserve and reunify families as follows:
(1) If a child has not been removed from the child's home, to
prevent or eliminate the need for removing the child from the
child's home.
(2) If a child has been removed from the child's home, to make
it possible for the child to return safely to the child's home as
soon as possible.
As added by P.L.35-1998, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.62.
Last modified: May 24, 2006