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Full Text of HB1455  101st General Assembly

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to
5as Adam's Law.
 
6    Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by
7changing Section 50 as follows:
 
8    (755 ILCS 65/50)
9    Sec. 50. Disputes. Any dispute among any of the persons
10listed in Section 5 concerning their right to control the
11disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains
12shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction within
1330 days of the dispute being filed with the court. A cemetery
14organization or funeral establishment shall not be liable for
15refusing to accept the decedent's remains, or to inter or
16otherwise dispose of the decedent's remains, until it receives
17a court order or other suitable confirmation that the dispute
18has been resolved or settled.
19(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)