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91_HB3438
LRB9111172DJcd
1 AN ACT concerning adoption.
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 4 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1505)
7 Sec. 4. Jurisdiction and venue. An adoption proceeding
8 may be commenced in the circuit court of the county in which
9 petitioners reside, or the county in which the person to be
10 adopted resides, or was born, or the county in which the
11 parents of that such person reside, provided, however, if an
12 agency has acquired the custody and control of a child and
13 such agency is authorized to consent to the adoption of such
14 child, the proceeding may be commenced in any county, and
15 provided further that if a guardian of the person of such
16 child has been appointed by a court of competent
17 jurisdiction, the proceeding may be commenced in any county.
18 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)