CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dispositional Hearing
.........Reasonable Efforts and Services
............Efforts to Prevent Removal
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Social worker must determine whether there are reasonable services which will prevent removal of minor from parental control.

Court shall determine at initial hearing on petition whether reasonable efforts have been made to eliminate need for removal of minor from home.

Given total efforts made to prevent removal of Cs, a lacuna of 5 weeks in 3 mos. of arranging a psych evaluation did not render the overall finding of reasonable efforts unsupported.

Failure to make reasonable efforts findings to prevent need for removal under Welf. & Inst. Code §361 reversible error.

Finding re reasonable efforts to eliminate need for removal must be based on particular circumstances of case.