CPS may rule out family reunification if:

 •  reasonable efforts at reunification were made and the family is no longer willing or able to reduce the risk of abuse or neglect enough for the child to return home and live there safely for the foreseeable future; or

 •  reasonable efforts to reunify the family are not required because:

 •  a court determined that reunification is not necessary due to aggravated circumstances (Texas Family Code, §262.2015); or

 •  both parents have had their parental rights terminated, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

The specific efforts that must be made to reunify a family depend on the circumstances, and in some particularly egregious cases, the court may find that no efforts are reasonable.

See 6234.1 Family Reunification.