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90_SB1098
750 ILCS 50/9 from Ch. 40, par. 1511
Amends the Adoption Act. Makes technical changes in the
Section concerning the time for taking a consent or
surrender.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by changing Section 9.
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 changing
5 Section 9 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)
7 Sec. 9. Time for taking a consent or surrender.
8 A. A consent or a surrender taken not less than 72 hours
9 after the birth of the child is irrevocable except as
10 provided in Section 11 of this Act.
11 B. No consent or surrender shall be taken within the 72
12 hour period immediately following the birth of the child.
13 C. A consent or a surrender may be taken from the father
14 prior to the birth of the child. This Such consent or
15 surrender shall be revoked if, within 72 hours after the
16 birth of the child, the father who gave such consent or
17 surrender, notifies in writing the person, agency, or court
18 representative who took the surrender or consent or any
19 individual representing or connected with such person,
20 agency, or court representative of the revocation of the
21 consent or surrender.
22 D. Any consent or surrender taken in accordance with
23 paragraph C above that which is not revoked within 72 hours
24 after the birth of the child is irrevocable except as
25 provided in Section 11 of this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 78-854.)