SB1430sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 3/24/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1430

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1430, on page 4, by replacing lines 17 through 25 with the following:

"Fitness of the parent shall be determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, at the time of filing the petition to establish the guardianship. If a parent is found to be unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for a child, he or she shall not be entitled to custody and shall satisfy the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 11-14.1 of this Act before terminating the guardianship and regaining custody."; and

on page 5, line 10, after "subsection (a)," by inserting "when a parent has been found unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for a child,"; and

on page 5, line 16, after "but", by inserting "not".