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91_HB3827
LRB9112416STsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act.
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
5 Section 3 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
7 Sec. 3. Who may be adopted. A male or female child, or
8 an adult, may be adopted, provided the other conditions set
9 forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with respect
10 to an adult, that the such adult has resided in the home of
11 the persons intending to adopt him or her at any time for
12 more than 2 years continuously preceding the commencement of
13 an adoption proceeding, or in the alternative that those such
14 persons are related to him or her within a degree set forth
15 in the definition of a related child in Section 1 of this
16 Act.
17 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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