WV HB3379

Allows courts to waive the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Resources make reasonable efforts to preserve a family if a parent voluntarily relinquished parental rights within the last five years during a prior abuse and neglect proceeding

Adds voluntary relinquishment of parental rights (consistent with §49-4-607) to the existing list of circumstances where reasonable efforts to preserve the family are not required, alongside involuntary termination of parental rights to another child

Applies specifically to voluntary relinquishments that occurred during the pendency of an abuse and neglect proceeding, not to all voluntary relinquishments

Maintains existing provisions where reasonable efforts are not required, including cases involving aggravated circumstances, murder, voluntary manslaughter, sexual assault, or when a parent is on a sex offender registry