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91_HB2727eng HB2727 Engrossed LRB9103038SMdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by adding Section 14b. 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 14b as follows: 6 (750 ILCS 50/14b new) 7 Sec. 14b. Death of intended adoptive parent prior to 8 entry of judgment. After any court has acquired jurisdiction 9 over the person of any intended adoptive parent in an 10 adoption proceeding, if the intended adoptive parent dies 11 before entry of final judgment, upon petition by the other 12 intended adoptive parent or the child's guardian ad litem 13 suggesting the death of the intended adoptive parent and 14 asking that the court proceed in absence of the deceased 15 intended adoptive parent to enter a final judgment, in the 16 presence of the other intended adoptive parent or the child 17 to be adopted who is a party to the record, the court shall 18 proceed to hearing and final judgment to enable the child to 19 have the intended name by adoption. Otherwise the court may 20 dismiss the proceeding. 21 In the case of an adoption proceeding commenced after the 22 death of the person seeking to adopt, the child intended to 23 be adopted shall not, by reason of the adoption, acquire any 24 interest in the estate of the deceased intended adoptive 25 parent, nor shall the child intended to be adopted acquire 26 any other right or incur any duty or obligation with respect 27 to the deceased person. 28 This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall 29 apply to all cases in which the court acquired jurisdiction 30 of the person of any intended adoptive parent in an adoption 31 proceeding, if such jurisdiction was acquired on or after HB2727 Engrossed -2- LRB9103038SMdv 1 November 1, 1997.