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Juvenile Justice Reform
Filed: 3/22/2007
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LRB095 05280 RLC 33960 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 394
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 394 by replacing |
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| lines 5 through 23 on page 1, all of pages 2 through 6, and |
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| lines 1 through 13 on page 7 with the following: |
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| "adding Section 2-34 as follows:"; and
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| on page 8, by replacing line 8 with the following: |
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| " (b) the minor is 14 years of age or older without a |
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| legally recognized parent or a guardian appointed pursuant |
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| to the Probate Act of 1975; "; and
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| on page 8, line 18, by inserting after " that " the following: |
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| " the minor wishes that parentage to be reinstated and "; and |
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| on page 9, by inserting immediately below line 11 the |
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| following: |
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| " (3) Any party may file a motion to dismiss the petition |
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| with prejudice on the basis that the parent has intentionally |
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| acted to prevent the child from being adopted, after parental |
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| rights were terminated or the parent intentionally acted to |
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| disrupt the child's adoption. If the court finds by a |
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| preponderance of the evidence that the parent has intentionally |
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| acted to prevent the child from being adopted, after parental |
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| rights were terminated or that the parent intentionally acted |
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| to disrupt the child's adoption, the court shall dismiss the |
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| petition with prejudice. "; and |
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| on page 9, line 12, by replacing " (3) " with " (4) "; and |
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| on page 9, line 18, by replacing " (4) " with " (5) "; and |
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| on page 9, line 22, by replacing " (5) " with " (6) "; and |
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| on page 9, line 23, by replacing " (4) " with " (5) "; and |
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| on page 9, by inserting immediately after line 24 the |
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| following: |
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| " (7) When the court has denied a petition to reinstate |
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| parentage filed under this Section, the court shall not |
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| consider any subsequent petition to reinstate parentage unless |
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| the court first finds by clear and convincing evidence that |
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| there has been a substantial change in circumstances following |
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| the denial of the earlier petition and that the change in |
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| circumstances warrants consideration of the subsequent |