102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0543
 
Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
750 ILCS 50/2  from Ch. 40, par. 1502

    Amends the Adoption Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may adopt a child.



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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, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

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


6    (750 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1502)



7    Sec. 2. Who may
adopt a child.

8    A. Any of the
the following persons, who is under no legal 
9disability
(except the minority specified in sub-paragraph 
10(b)) and who has resided in
the State of Illinois continuously 
11for a period of at least 6 months
immediately preceding the 
12commencement of an adoption proceeding, or any
member of the 
13armed forces of the United States who has been domiciled in
the 
14State of Illinois for 90 days, may
institute such proceeding:
15        (a) A reputable person of legal age and of either sex, 
16    provided that if
such person is married or in a civil union 
17    and has not been living separate and apart from his or
her 
18    spouse or civil union partner for 12 months or longer, his 
19    or her spouse or civil union partner shall be a party to 
20    the
adoption
proceeding, including a spouse or civil union 
21    partner desiring to adopt a child of the
other spouse or 
22    civil union partner, in all of which cases the adoption 
23    shall be by both spouses or civil union partners
jointly;

 
 
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1        (b) A minor, by leave of court upon good cause shown.

2    Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a) of this subsection, a 
3spouse or civil union partner is not required to join in a 
4petition for adoption to re-adopt a child after an 
5intercountry adoption if the spouse or civil union partner did 
6not previously adopt the child as set forth in subsections (c) 
7and (e) of Section 4.1 of this Act. 
8    B. The residence requirement specified in paragraph A of 
9this Section
shall not apply to:
10        (a) an adoption of a related child or child previously 
11    adopted in a foreign country by the petitioner; or
12        (b) an adoption of a child placed by an agency.

13(Source: P.A. 98-804, eff. 1-1-15; 99-49, eff. 7-15-15.)