093_HB0549

 
                                     LRB093 06191 LCB 06301 b

 1        AN ACT concerning adoption.

 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 13.1 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 50/13.1)
 7        Sec. 13.1. Order for standby adoption.
 8        (a)  If  it  is  proved to the satisfaction of the court,
 9    after  any  such  investigation  that  as  the  court   deems
10    necessary,  that   the child's parent consents to or fails to
11    object to the standby adoption and adoption by the petitioner
12    will be for the welfare of the child, the court may enter  an
13    order   for   standby   adoption.   However,  the  consenting
14    terminally ill parent's parental rights may not be terminated
15    until consent becomes effective.
16        (b)  The order for standby adoption shall be final as  to
17    all  findings  and  shall  be  followed  in  the  judgment of
18    adoption unless the  court  finds  by  clear  and  convincing
19    evidence  that  it  is  no longer in the best interest of the
20    child for the adoption to be finalized.
21        (c)  Once the standby adoptive parent receives  knowledge
22    of  the death of the terminally ill parent, or the terminally
23    ill parent requests that a final  judgment  for  adoption  be
24    entered,  the  standby  adoptive parent shall have 60 days to
25    apply for a judgment for adoption.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-572, eff. 1-1-00.)