Division of Family Services v. James

OPINION

HENRIKSEN, J.

In this child dependency case the Division of Family Services of the State of Delaware (DFS) has filed a motion in which DFS is requesting the Court to determine DFS is not required to make reasonable efforts to promote the reunification of the parents with their 3 month old child, and to also change the goal of the case from reunification to termination of parental rights. DFS submits it is not required under either the 1997 Federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) 1 or Delaware law 2 to provide reunification services to Mother and Father, because their parental…