Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/24/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1430

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1430, on page 4, by
3 replacing lines 17 through 25 with the following:
4     "Fitness of the parent shall be determined, by a
5 preponderance of the evidence, at the time of filing the
6 petition to establish the guardianship. If a parent is found to
7 be unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for a child, he or she
8 shall not be entitled to custody and shall satisfy the
9 provisions of subsection (b) of Section 11-14.1 of this Act
10 before terminating the guardianship and regaining custody.";
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12 on page 5, line 10, after "subsection (a)," by inserting "when
13 a parent has been found unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for
14 a child,"; and
 
15 on page 5, line 16, after "but", by inserting "not".