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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0747
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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750 ILCS 50/3 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1504 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may be adopted.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0747 |
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LRB096 07855 AJO 17958 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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| 3 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
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| Sec. 3.
Who may be
adopted. A male or female child, or an |
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| adult, may be adopted, provided the
the other
conditions set |
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| forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with
respect |
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| to an adult, that such adult has resided in the home of the |
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| persons
intending to adopt him at any time for more than 2 |
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| years continuously
preceding the commencement of an adoption |
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| proceeding, or in the alternative
that such persons are related |
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| to him within a degree set forth in the
definition of a related |
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| child in Section 1 of this Act. |
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| (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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