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90_HB3778ham003
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3778
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3778, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment
4 No. 1, on page 14, line 6, by replacing "T." with the
5 following:
6 "T. "Surrendered person" means a person who was the
7 subject of a written consent and surrender for the purpose of
8 making him or her legally available for adoption, or a person
9 who was a ward in the custody of an agency and was legally
10 surrendered for adoption.
11 U."; and
12 on page 14, line 8, by replacing "U." with "V."; and
13 on page 14, below line 10, by inserting the following:
14 "W. "Adoptive parent" means a person who has become a
15 parent through the legal process of adoption."; and
16 on page 14, line 21, by replacing "adoptee" with "adopted
17 person adoptee"; and
18 on page 14, by replacing line 26 with the following:
19 "unknown relatives. The court may"; and
20 on page 14, line 28, after the period, by inserting the
21 following:
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1 "No show of cause shall be required by the petitioner for
2 the appointment of a confidential intermediary."; and
3 on page 15, by replacing lines 19 through 21 with the
4 following:
5 "(b) Petition. The court shall appoint a confidential
6 intermediary for the purposes described in subsection (f) if
7 the petitioner sets forth proper jurisdiction and venue in
8 the petition. shows the following:"; and
9 by replacing line 34 of page 16 and lines 1 through 3 of page
10 17 with the following:
11 "records of the court or any adoption agency or State agency,
12 including those of the Office of Vital Records and the
13 Secretary of State, as well as those of any public or private
14 school or hospital, which relate to the adoption or the
15 identity and location of any adopted or surrendered person,
16 birth parent, or birth sibling, or their birth relatives
17 biological parent."; and
18 on page 17, lines 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, and 30 and on page 20,
19 lines 10 and 11, by replacing "sought-after relative" each
20 time it appears, with "sought-after birth relative"; and
21 on page 18, line 1, by replacing "sought-after relative's"
22 with "sought-after birth relative's"; and
23 on page 20, line 2 by changing "No" to "Except in cases of
24 willful and wanton conduct, no"; and
25 on page 22, line 25 by replacing "child's" with "person's";
26 and
27 on page 23, immediately below line 10 by inserting the
28 following:
29 "(f) Nothing in this Section shall bar any agency,
30 Department of Children and Family Services, Court Support
31 Services, Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court,
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1 confidential intermediary, or probation officers of the
2 Circuit Court from charging a reasonable fee for their
3 services, nor is any such entity or person required to
4 provide free services.
5 (g) In the discretion of any court receiving written
6 requests for assistance in obtaining information concerning
7 an adoption, the confidential intermediary program may be
8 requested to assist the court in responding to the requests.
9 The methods of reimbursement to the confidential intermediary
10 program for the services shall be determined by the court
11 desiring the services."; and
12 on page 23, line 11, by replacing "87-617.)" with the
13 following:
14 "87-617.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".
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