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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5579
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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750 ILCS 50/2 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1502 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may adopt a child.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5579 |
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LRB096 19125 AJO 34516 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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| 2 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1502)
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| Sec. 2. Who may
adopt a child.
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| A. Any of the the following persons, who is under no legal |
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| disability
(except the minority specified in sub-paragraph |
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| (b)) and who has resided in
the State of Illinois continuously |
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| for a period of at least 6 months
immediately preceding the |
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| commencement of an adoption proceeding, or any
member of the |
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| armed forces of the United States who has been domiciled in
the |
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| State of Illinois for 90 days, may
institute such proceeding:
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| (a) A reputable person of legal age and of either sex, |
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| provided that if
such person is married and has not been living |
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| separate and apart from his or
her spouse for 12 months or |
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| longer, his or her spouse shall be a party to the
adoption
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| proceeding, including a husband or wife desiring to adopt a |
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| child of the
other spouse, in all of which cases the adoption |
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| shall be by both spouses
jointly;
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| (b) A minor, by leave of court upon good cause shown.
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| B. The residence requirement specified in paragraph A of |