95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2094


 
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













750 ILCS 50/18
  from Ch. 40, par. 1522







    Amends the Adoption Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
confidentiality of court records.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB2094

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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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18 as follows:
 



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    (750 ILCS 50/18)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1522)



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    Sec. 18. Records confidential. 

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    (a) The
The word "illegitimate", the words "born out of

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wedlock", and words of similar import shall not be used in any 
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adoption
proceeding in any respect.
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    (b) The court call of adoption proceedings shall not 
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identify any of
the parties by name. The parties may be 
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identified by initials or
pseudonyms. The case shall be 
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identified by its general number. The names
of the lawyers 
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representing the parties may appear on the court call, and
the 
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type of application that is being made to the court may also be 
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identified.

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    (c) All adoption records maintained by each circuit clerk 
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shall be
impounded in accordance with the procedures provided 
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by the Illinois
Supreme Court's General Administrative Order on 
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Recordkeeping and shall be
opened for examination only upon 
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specific order of the court, which order
shall name the person 
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or persons who are to be permitted to examine the
file. 
 


 






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Certified copies of all papers and documents contained in
any 
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file so impounded shall be made only on like order.
The 
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guardian ad litem for a minor sought to be adopted shall have 
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the
right to inspect the court file without leave of court 
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during the pendency
of the proceeding. The attorney of record 
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for the petitioners and other
parties may inspect the file only 
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with leave of court. The petitioners to
the adoption, the 
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attorney of record for the petitioners, and the guardian
ad 
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litem of the person who is the subject of the proceeding shall 
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be
entitled to receive certified copies of the order of 
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adoption in the
proceeding at any time within 30 days after the 
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entry of the judgment of
adoption without order of court. After 
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30 days from the entry of the
judgment of adoption, no copies 
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may be obtained without prior order of
court, but good cause is 
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not necessary to be shown by one of the
petitioners to the 
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adoption.

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    (d) If an appeal is taken from an adoption proceeding, the 
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papers filed
in the court of review and the opinion of the 
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reviewing court shall not
identify the true names of the 
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parties; instead, initials or pseudonyms
shall be used to 
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identify the parties.

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(Source: P.A. 86-493; 87-620.)