(20 ILCS 505/35.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5035.2)
Sec. 35.2.
If a child has been found to be an abused minor under
Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987, and the perpetrator of the abuse was the child's parent, and
such parent has been convicted of aggravated battery of the child, and the
child has been committed to the Department of Children and Family Services
for care and service under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section
2-27 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Department shall cause to be
filed a petition seeking the termination of such parent's parental rights
pursuant to "An Act in relation to the adoption of persons, and to repeal
an Act therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as amended, or under Section
2-29 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and the Department shall also
seek placement of the child with suitable adoptive parents.
(Source: P.A. 86-403.)
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