(a) A permanency planning goal must serve the child's best interests and long term needs, including the need for an enduring and nurturing family relationship with safety, stability, and continuity of care.
(b) A permanency planning goal may be excluded after DFPS determines it is:
  (1) unnecessary to consider, by court order;
  (2) unreasonable or unachievable, after pursuing reasonable efforts; or
  (3) not appropriate to meet the child's needs and best interests.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1204 adopted to be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 11344; amended to be effective March 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 590