What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and children are still Jehovah’s Witnesses? The religious ties he had with his family change, but blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings continue.
I would say that the above example is at the very least dishonest. It is a best case senerio that allows family interaction because of the WTS not wanting to violate the "family head" principle. Things get a lot more complicated if it is the wife or one of the children or worse yet, one of the kids move out in that state etc. This short article is just a sanitized version and doesn't realy answer the question.
And yes... only DAs or DFs are no longer considered members whereas inactive or walk aways are considered "inactive members" or "spiritually weak members" ones to be re-activated or spiritually strengthened. So the information really is deflection (red herring) and dosen't specifically address the question. IMHO