(750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
Sec. 3.
Who may be
adopted.
A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted, provided the other
conditions set forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with
respect to an adult, that such adult has resided in the home of the persons
intending to adopt him at any time for more than 2 years continuously
preceding the commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in the alternative
that such persons are related to him within a degree set forth in the
definition of a related child in Section 1 of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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