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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1949
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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750 ILCS 50/4 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1505 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
jurisdiction and venue.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1949 |
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LRB095 08084 AJO 28246 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 4 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1505)
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| Sec. 4. Jurisdiction and venue. An adoption proceeding may |
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| be commenced in the
the circuit court of the
county in which |
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| petitioners reside, or the county in which the person to be
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| adopted resides, or was born, or the county in which the |
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| parents of such
person reside, provided, however, if an agency |
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| has acquired the custody and
control of a child and such agency |
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| is authorized to consent to the adoption
of such child, the |
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| proceeding may be commenced in any county, and provided
further |
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| that if a guardian of the person of such child has been |
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| appointed
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the proceeding |
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| may be commenced in
any county. |
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)
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