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90_SB0600 750 ILCS 50/18.05 new Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that an adopted person who is 18 years old or older shall be given a copy of his or her original birth certificate and all court and attorney information, and that an adopted person or a surrendered person who is 18 years old or older shall be given copies of all agency records pertaining to him or her and all information, photographs, and letters provided by his or her birth parent or parents and birth relatives, and intended for him or her. Provides that a birth parent or adoptive parent shall be given copies of all documents he or she executed and, after the adopted child reaches the age of 18, a copy of the adopted child's amended or original birth certificate. LRB9002202SMdvB LRB9002202SMdvB 1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by adding Section 18.05. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by adding Section 5 18.05 as follows: 6 (750 ILCS 50/18.05 new) 7 Sec. 18.05. Requests for information. 8 (a) Legislative intent. In enacting this amendatory Act 9 of 1997 it is the intent of the General Assembly to give all 10 adult adopted persons and all adult surrendered persons the 11 same right to information gathered about them by the State as 12 has any other adult person about whom the State has gathered 13 similar information. It is further the General Assembly's 14 intent that birth parents and adoptive parents shall have the 15 same right to copies of all documents which they have 16 executed as does every other citizen in this State, and also 17 to all birth records pertaining to their adult children as 18 does every other parent in this State. The purpose of this 19 amendatory Act of 1997 is to restore several of the civil 20 rights taken for granted by the majority of the State's 21 citizens which have for several decades been denied to 22 adopted persons, surrendered persons, birth parents, and 23 adoptive parents. 24 (b) Definitions. When used in this Section, unless the 25 context otherwise requires: 26 "Adopted person" means a person who, as a minor, was 27 adopted under a final judgment of adoption entered by a 28 court. 29 "Adoptive parent" means an adult who has become a parent 30 through the legal process of adoption. 31 "Birth parent" means a parent, by birth, of an adopted -2- LRB9002202SMdvB 1 person or surrendered person. 2 "Birth relative" means a relative, by birth, of an 3 adopted person or surrendered person. 4 "Identifying information" means the name, birth name, 5 surname, maiden surname, given name or names, surname and 6 given name or names of parent or parents, sex, date of birth, 7 birthplace, birthplace of parent or parents, birth 8 registration number from birth certificate, any available 9 social security numbers, the last known address, a name or 10 address change attached to a birth certificate, and telephone 11 number of a person. 12 "Surrendered person" means a person who, as a minor, was 13 surrendered for adoption but was not adopted. 14 (c) An adopted person who is 18 years of age or older, 15 shall be given, upon request, without show of cause, and with 16 no exclusions of identifying information, a copy of his or 17 her original birth certificate, and all court, attorney, and 18 agency records pertaining to him or her, and all information, 19 photographs, and letters provided by his or her birth parent 20 or birth parents and birth relatives, specifically intended 21 for the adopted person. A surrendered person who is 18 years 22 of age or older, shall be given, upon request, without show 23 of cause, and with no exclusions of identifying information, 24 a copy of all agency records pertaining to him or her, and 25 all information, photographs, and letters provided by his or 26 her birth parent or birth parents and birth relatives, 27 specifically intended for the surrendered person. The 28 request shall be in writing and attached to the request shall 29 be a copy of one of the following forms of identification: 30 current driver's license, social security card, or birth 31 certificate. The adopted person or surrendered person shall 32 be responsible for the copying fees of any documents which he 33 or she receives; however, the fees levied shall not exceed 34 those for like documents provided to any other Illinois -3- LRB9002202SMdvB 1 citizen. 2 (d) A birth parent shall be given, upon request, without 3 show of cause, and with no exclusions of identifying 4 information, copies of all documents which he or she has 5 executed. A birth parent, whose adopted child is 18 years of 6 age or older, shall be given, upon request, without show of 7 cause, and with no exclusions of identifying information, a 8 copy of that adopted child's amended birth certificate. The 9 request shall be in writing and attached to the request shall 10 be a copy of one of the following forms of identification: 11 current driver's license, social security card, or birth 12 certificate. The birth parent shall be responsible for the 13 copying fees of any documents that he or she receives; 14 however, the fees levied shall not exceed those for like 15 documents provided to any other Illinois citizen. 16 (e) An adoptive parent shall be given, upon request, 17 without show of cause, and with no exclusions of identifying 18 information, copies of all documents which he or she has 19 executed. An adoptive parent, whose adopted child is 18 20 years of age or older, shall be given, upon request, without 21 show of cause, and with no exclusions of identifying 22 information, a copy of that adopted child's original birth 23 certificate. The request shall be in writing and attached to 24 the request shall be a copy of one of the following forms of 25 identification: current driver's license, social security 26 card, or birth certificate. The adoptive parent shall be 27 responsible for the copying fees of any documents that he or 28 she receives; however, the fees levied shall not exceed those 29 for like documents provided to any other Illinois citizen.