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91_HB2727enr
HB2727 Enrolled LRB9103038SMdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by adding Section 14b.
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 adding Section
5 14b as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/14b new)
7 Sec. 14b. Death of intended adoptive parent prior to
8 entry of judgment. After any court has acquired jurisdiction
9 over the person of any intended adoptive parent in an
10 adoption proceeding, if the intended adoptive parent dies
11 before entry of final judgment, upon petition by the other
12 intended adoptive parent or the child's guardian ad litem
13 suggesting the death of the intended adoptive parent and
14 asking that the court proceed in absence of the deceased
15 intended adoptive parent to enter a final judgment, in the
16 presence of the other intended adoptive parent or the child
17 to be adopted who is a party to the record, the court shall
18 proceed to hearing and final judgment to enable the child to
19 have the intended name by adoption. Otherwise the court may
20 dismiss the proceeding.
21 This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall
22 apply to all cases in which the court acquired jurisdiction
23 of the person of any intended adoptive parent in an adoption
24 proceeding, if such jurisdiction was acquired on or after
25 November 1, 1997.
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