New Hampshire-What Are Reasonable Efforts?

New Hampshire-What Are Reasonable Efforts?
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What Are Reasonable Efforts?
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 169-C:24-a
Reasonable efforts are services to the family that are accessible, available, and appropriate. 
Comment: Reasonable Efforts in NH? NONEXISTENT!

When Reasonable Efforts Are Required
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 169-C:24-a
Reasonable efforts must be made:

 • To prevent placement

 • To reunify the family

 • To make and finalize a new permanent home for the child

When Reasonable Efforts Are NOT Required
Citation: Rev. Stat. § 169-C:24-a

The State agency shall discontinue reasonable efforts and file a petition for termination of parental rights when one or
more of the following circumstances exist:

• The child has been in an out-of-home placement due to a finding of child neglect or abuse for 12 of the most
recent 22 months.

 • The court has determined that the child has been abandoned.

 • The parent has been convicted of murder of another child of the parent, a sibling or stepsibling of the child, the
child’s other parent, or other persons related by consanguinity or affinity, including a minor child who resided with
the defendant.

 • The parent has been convicted of manslaughter of another child of the parent.

 • The parent has been convicted of attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses specified
above.

• The parent has been convicted of a felony assault that resulted in injury to the child, a sibling or stepsibling of the
child, the child’s other parent, or other persons related by consanguinity or affinity, including a minor child who
resided with the defendant.