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What Are Reasonable Efforts? When Do They Apply?

The term “Reasonable Efforts” is not defined by the federal statutes that created it nor by the State of California. So how do attorneys argue and judges rule on whether or not a social services agency has made reasonable efforts to reunify a family? The Child Welfare Information Gateway Summary of State Laws (2019)1 refers...

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