Adoption Reform Committee
Filed: 3/12/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4220




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4220, on page 3, 
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line 5, after "child", by inserting the following:


 
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", unless circumstances identified in this Section justify a 
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father's registration at a time in excess of 30 days because of 
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circumstances beyond the father's control; however, under no 
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circumstances may a putative father register with the 
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Department on a date that is more than 12 months from the date 
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the consent or surrender was executed"; and 
 
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on page 4, line 6, after "in", by inserting the following: 
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"this Section or"; and




 
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on page 4, line 22, after "mother", by inserting the following: 
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"to the court, including the birth mother's Affidavit of 
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Identification as required by Section 11 of this Act, and which 
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said Affidavit is mandatory as a necessary prerequisite to any 
 


 






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adoption in which a consent or surrender is made"; and




 
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on page 5, by replacing lines 6 through 12 with the following: 
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"Act.  However, a putative father who files a written motion 
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that asserts that the relevant facts are sufficient to overcome 
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the prima facie evidence of abandonment is entitled to a 
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hearing on that motion, only if the motion was filed no later 
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than 12 months from the date the consent or surrender was 
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executed.  On that motion, the burden of proof is on the 
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putative father to show that, by a preponderance of the 
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evidence, the putative father did not abandon the child.".