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HB0249 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018
HB0249

Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 50/9   from Ch. 40, par. 1511
    Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the time for taking a consent or surrender.

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A BILL FOR

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section
5 9 as follows:

6     (750 ILCS 50/9)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)
7     Sec. 9. Time for signing a waiver, consent, or surrender.
8     A. A consent or a surrender signed not less than 72 hours
9 after the~~the~~birth of the child is irrevocable except as
10 provided in Section 11 of this Act.
11     B. No consent or surrender shall be signed within the 72
12 hour period immediately following the birth of the child.
13     C. A consent or a surrender may be signed by the father
14 prior to the birth of the child. Such consent or surrender
15 shall be revoked if, within 72 hours after the birth of the
16 child, the father who gave such consent or surrender, notifies
17 in writing the person, agency or court representative who
18 acknowledged the surrender or consent or any individual
19 representing or connected with such person, agency or court
20 representative of the revocation of the consent or surrender.
21     D. Any consent or surrender signed in accordance with
22 paragraph C above which is not revoked within 72 hours after
23 the birth of the child is irrevocable except as provided in

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1 Section 11 of this Act.
2     E. Consent may be given to a standby adoption by a parent
3 whose consent is required pursuant to Section 8 of this Act to
4 become effective when the consenting parent of the child dies
5 or that parent requests that the final judgment of adoption be
6 entered.
7     F. A waiver as provided in subsection S of Section 10 of
8 this Act may be signed by a putative father or legal father of
9 the child at any time prior to or after the birth of the child.
10 A waiver is irrevocable except as provided in Section 11 of
11 this Act.
12 (Source: P.A. 97-493, eff. 8-22-11.)

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