Public Act 097-1063
 
HB4028 EnrolledLRB097 14710 AJO 61950 b


  
    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is 
amended  by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (325 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)
    Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise 
requires: 
    "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years 
of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department 
under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the 
criteria set forth in the definitions of  "abused child" and 
"neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an adult 
resident is abused or neglected.
    "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless 
legally
emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a 
branch of the United
States armed services.
    "Department" means Department of Children and Family 
Services.
    "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city, 
town,
village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an 
unincorporated
area or any sworn officer of the Illinois 
Department of State Police.
    "Abused child"
means a child whose parent or immediate 
family
member,
or any person responsible for the child's 
welfare,  or any individual
residing in the same home as the 
child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be

    inflicted upon
such child physical injury, by other than 
    accidental means, which causes
death, disfigurement, 
    impairment of physical or
emotional health, or loss or 
    impairment of any bodily function;
        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to 
    such
child by
other than accidental means which would be 
    likely to cause death,
disfigurement, impairment of 
    physical or emotional health, or loss or
impairment of any 
    bodily function;
        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense 
    against
such child,
as such sex offenses are defined in the 
    Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, or in the Wrongs to 
    Children Act,
and extending those definitions of sex 
    offenses to include children under
18 years of age;
        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of

    torture upon
such child;
        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment;
        (f) commits or allows to be committed
the offense of

    female
genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of 
    the Criminal Code of
1961, against the child;
        (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or 
    given to
such child
under 18 years of age, a controlled 
    substance as defined in Section 102 of the
Illinois 
    Controlled  Substances Act in violation of Article IV of the 
    Illinois
Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the 
    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, 
    except for controlled substances that are prescribed
in 
    accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled 
    Substances Act and
are dispensed to such child in a manner 
    that substantially complies with the
prescription; or
        (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of 
    involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a 
    minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or 
    services as defined in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 
    1961 against the child. 
    A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason 
that the child
has been relinquished in accordance with the 
Abandoned Newborn Infant
Protection Act.
    "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the 
proper or
necessary nourishment or medically indicated 
treatment including food or care
not provided solely on the 
basis of the present or anticipated mental or
physical 
impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in

consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not 
receiving the proper or
necessary support or medical or other 
remedial care recognized under State law
as necessary for a 
child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her

well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or 
who is abandoned
by his or her parents or other person 
responsible for the child's welfare
without a proper plan of 
care;    or who has been provided with interim crisis intervention 
services under
Section 3-5 of
the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 
and  whose parent, guardian, or custodian refuses to
permit
the 
child to return home and no other living arrangement agreeable

to the parent, guardian, or custodian can be made, and the 
parent, guardian, or custodian has not made any other 
appropriate living arrangement for the child; or who is a 
newborn infant whose blood, urine,
or meconium
contains any 
amount of a controlled substance as defined in subsection (f) 
of
Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a 
metabolite thereof,
with the exception of a controlled 
substance or metabolite thereof whose
presence in the newborn 
infant is the result of medical treatment administered
to the 
mother or the newborn infant. A child shall not be considered 
neglected
for the sole reason that the child's parent or other 
person responsible for his
or her welfare has left the child in 
the care of an adult relative for any
period of time. A child 
shall not be considered neglected for the sole reason
that the 
child has been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned 
Newborn
Infant Protection Act.  A child shall not be considered 
neglected or abused
for the
sole reason that such child's 
parent or other person responsible for his or her
welfare 
depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the 
treatment or
cure of disease or remedial care as provided under 
Section 4 of this Act.  A
child shall not be considered 
neglected or abused solely because the child is
not attending 
school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The

School Code, as amended.
    "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized 
State employees of
the Department assigned by the Director to 
perform the duties and
responsibilities as provided under 
Section 7.2 of this Act.
    "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the 
child's parent;
guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver; 
any person responsible for the
child's welfare in a public or 
private residential agency or institution; any
person 
responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private 
profit or
not for profit child care facility; or any other 
person responsible for the
child's welfare at the time of the 
alleged abuse or neglect, including any person that is the 
custodian of a child under 18 years of age who commits or 
allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of 
involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a 
minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services, 
as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or 
any person who
came to know the child through an official 
capacity or position of trust,
including but not limited to 
health care professionals, educational personnel,
recreational 
supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or
support 
personnel in any setting
where children may be subject to abuse 
or neglect.
    "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a 
hospital or
other medical facility or a place previously 
designated for such custody
by the Department, subject to 
review by the Court, including a licensed
foster home, group 
home, or other institution; but such place shall not
be a jail 
or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile 
offenders.
    "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act 
for which
it is determined after an investigation that no 
credible evidence of
abuse or neglect exists.
    "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act if 
an
investigation determines that credible evidence of the 
alleged
abuse or neglect exists.
    "An undetermined report" means any report made under this 
Act in
which it was not possible to initiate or complete an 
investigation on
the basis of information provided to the 
Department.
    "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central 
register
of child abuse and neglect established under Section 
7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect 
and
the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other 
person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is 
named in the report or added to the report as an alleged 
perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.
    "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of 
investigation, has
been determined by the Department to have 
caused child abuse or neglect.
    "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of 
any religious
denomination accredited by the religious body to 
which he or she belongs.
(Source: P.A. 96-1196, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10; 
96-1464, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
    Section 10. The Adoption Act is amended  by changing 
Sections  10 and 18.3a and by adding Section 18.08  as follows:
 



    (750 ILCS 50/10)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1512)



    Sec. 10. Forms of consent and surrender; execution and

acknowledgment thereof.
    A. The form of consent required for the
adoption of a born 
child shall be substantially as follows:

FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE CONSENT TO ADOPTION


    I, ...., (relationship, e.g., mother, father, relative, 
guardian)
of ...., a ..male child, state:

    That such child was born on .... at ....

    That I reside at ...., County of ....  and State of ....

    That I am of the age of .... years.

    That I hereby enter my appearance in this proceeding and 
waive
service of summons on me.

    That I hereby acknowledge that I have been provided with a 
copy of the Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private 
Form before signing this Consent and that I have had time to 
read, or have had read to me, this Form. I understand that if I 
do not receive any of the rights as described in this Form, it 
shall not constitute a basis to revoke this Final and 
Irrevocable Consent. 
    That I do hereby consent and agree to the adoption of such 
child.

    That I wish to and understand that by signing this consent 
I do
irrevocably and permanently give up all custody and other 
parental
rights I have to such child.

    That I understand such child will be placed for adoption 
and that I
cannot under any circumstances, after signing this 
document, change my
mind and revoke or cancel this consent or 
obtain or recover custody or
any other rights over such child.  
That I have read and understand the
above and I am signing it 
as my free and voluntary act.

    Dated (insert date).

.........................

 

    If under Section 8 the consent of more than one person is 
required,
then each such person shall execute a separate 
consent.

    A-1.  (1)   The form of the Final and Irrevocable Consent to 
Adoption by a Specified Person or Persons: Non-DCFS Case set 
forth in this subsection A-1 is to be used by legal parents 
only. This form is not to be used in cases in which there is a 
pending petition under Section 2-13 of the Juvenile Court Act 
of 1987.
    (2)   The form of the Final and Irrevocable Consent to 
Adoption by a Specified Person or Persons in a non-DCFS case 
shall have the caption of the proceeding in which it is to be 
filed and shall be substantially as follows: 
FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE CONSENT TO ADOPTION BY 
A SPECIFIED PERSON OR PERSONS; NON-DCFS CASE 
    I, ...., (relationship, e.g., mother, father) of ...., a 
..male child, state:
    1. That such child was born on ...., at ....., City of ... 
and State of ....
    2. That I reside at ...., County of .... and State of ....
    3. That I am of the age of .... years.
    4. That I hereby enter my appearance in this proceeding and 
waive service of summons on me.
    5. That I hereby acknowledge that I have been provided a 
copy of the Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private 
Form before signing this Consent and that I have had time to 
read, or have had read to me, this Form and that I understand 
the Rights and Responsibilities described in this Form. I 
understand that if I do not receive any of my rights as 
described in said Form, it shall not constitute a basis to 
revoke this Final and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption by a 
Specified Person. 
    6. That I do hereby consent and agree to the adoption of 
such child by .... (specified persons) only.
    7. That I wish to and understand that upon signing this 
consent I do irrevocably and permanently give up all custody 
and other parental rights I have to such child if such child is 
adopted by .... (specified person or persons).  I hereby 
transfer all of my rights to the custody, care and control of 
such child to ............................. (specified person 
or persons).
    8. That I understand such child will be adopted by 
....................... (specified person or persons) and that 
I cannot under any circumstances, after signing this document, 
change my mind and revoke or cancel this consent or obtain or 
recover custody or any other rights over such child if 
............................ (specified person or persons) 
adopt(s) such child; PROVIDED that each specified person has 
filed or shall file, within 60 days from the date hereof, a 
petition for the adoption of such child.
    9.  That if the specified person or persons designated 
herein do not file a petition for adoption within the 
time-frame specified above, or, if said petition for adoption 
is filed within the time-frame specified above but the adoption 
petition is dismissed with prejudice or the adoption proceeding 
is otherwise concluded without an order declaring the child to 
be the adopted child of the specified person or persons, then I 
understand that I will receive written notice of such 
circumstances within 10 business days of their occurrence.  I 
understand that the notice will be directed to me using the 
contact information I have provided in this consent. I 
understand that I will have 10 business days from the date that 
the written notice is sent to me to respond, within which time 
I may request the Court to declare this consent voidable and 
return the child to me. I further understand that the Court 
will make the final decision of whether or not the child will 
be returned to me. If I do not make such request within 10 
business days of the date of the notice, then I expressly waive 
any other notice or service of process in any legal proceeding 
for the adoption of the child.
    10. That I expressly acknowledge that nothing in this 
Consent
impairs the validity and absolute finality of this

Consent under any circumstance other than those described in

paragraph 9 of this Consent.
    11. That I understand that I have a remaining duty and

obligation to keep .............. (insert name and address of 
the attorney
for the specified person or persons) informed of 
my current
address or other preferred contact information until 
this adoption has been finalized. My failure to
do so may 
result in the termination of my parental rights and
the child 
being placed for adoption in another home.
    12. That I do expressly waive any other notice or service 
of process in any of the legal proceedings for the adoption of 
the child as long as the adoption proceeding by the specified 
person or persons is pending.
    13. That I have read and understand the above and I am 
signing it as my free and voluntary act.
    14.  That I acknowledge that this consent is valid even if 
the specified person or persons separate or divorce or one of 
the specified persons dies prior to the entry of the final 
judgment for adoption. 
    Dated (insert date). 
    ............................................. 
    Signature of parent. 
    .............................................
    Address of parent.
    .............................................
    Phone number(s) of parent.
    .............................................
    Personal email(s) of parent. 
    .............................................
    (3) The form of the certificate of acknowledgement for a 
Final and Irrevocable Consent for Adoption by a Specified 
Person or Persons: Non-DCFS Case shall be substantially as 
follows: 
 
STATE OF ..............)

                       ) SS.

COUNTY OF .............)
    I, .................... (Name of Judge or other person), 
..................... (official title, name, and address), 
certify that ............., personally known to me to be the 
same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Final and 
Irrevocable Consent for Adoption by a Specified Person or 
Persons; non-DCFS case, appeared before me this day in person 
and acknowledged that (she)(he) signed and delivered the 
consent as (her)(his) free and voluntary act, for the specified 
purpose. I am further satisfied that, before signing this 
Consent, ........ has read, or has had read to him or her, the 
Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private Form. 
    A-2. Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private 
Form. The Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private 
Form must be read by, or have been read to, any person 
executing a Final and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption under 
subsection A, a Final and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption by a 
Specified Person or Persons: Non-DCFS Case under subsection 
A-1, or a Consent to Adoption of Unborn Child under subsection 
B prior to the execution of said Consent. The form of the Birth 
Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private Form shall be 
substantially as follows:
Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private Form 
    As a birth parent in the State of Illinois, you have the 
right:
    1. To have your own attorney represent you.  The prospective 
adoptive parents may agree to pay for the cost of your attorney 
in a manner consistent with Illinois law, but they are not 
required to do so.
    2. To be treated with dignity and respect at all times and 
to make decisions free from coercion and pressure.
    3. To receive counseling before and after signing a Final 
and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption ("Consent"), a Final and 
Irrevocable Consent to Adoption by a Specified Person or 
Persons: Non-DCFS Case ("Specified Consent"), or a Consent to 
Adoption of Unborn Child ("Unborn Consent").  The prospective 
adoptive parents may agree to pay for the cost of counseling in 
a manner consistent with Illinois law, but they are not 
required to do so.
    4. To ask to be involved in choosing your child's 
prospective adoptive parents and to ask to meet them.
    5. To ask your child's prospective adoptive parents any 
questions that pertain to your decision to place your child 
with them.
    6. To see your child before signing a Consent or Specified 
Consent.
    7. To request contact with your child and/or the child's 
prospective adoptive parents, with the understanding that any 
promises regarding contact with your child or receipt of 
information about the child after signing a Consent, Specified 
Consent, or Unborn Consent cannot be enforced under Illinois 
law.
    8. To receive copies of all documents that you sign and 
have those documents provided to you in your preferred 
language.
    9. To request that your identifying information remain 
confidential, unless required otherwise by Illinois law or 
court order, and to register with the Illinois Adoption 
Registry and Medical Information Exchange.
    10. To work with an adoption agency or attorney of your 
choice, or change said agency or attorney, provided you 
promptly inform all of the parties currently involved.
    11. To receive, upon request, a written list of any 
promised support, financial or otherwise, from your attorney or 
the attorney for your child's prospective adoptive parents.
    12. To delay signing a Consent, Specified Consent, or 
Unborn Consent if you are not ready to do so.
    13. To decline to sign a Consent, Specified Consent, or 
Unborn Consent even if you have received financial support from 
the prospective adoptive parents.
    If you do not receive any of the rights described in this 
Form, it shall not be a basis to revoke a Consent, Specified 
Consent, or Unborn Consent.
    As a Birth Parent in the State of Illinois, you have the 
responsibility:
    1. To carefully consider your reasons for choosing 
adoption.
    2. To voluntarily provide all known  medical, background, 
and family information about yourself and your immediate family 
to your child's prospective adoptive parents or their attorney. 
For the health of your child, you are strongly encouraged, but 
not required, to provide all known medical, background, and 
family history information about yourself and your family to 
your child's prospective adoptive parents or their attorney.
    3. (Birth mothers only) To accurately complete an Affidavit 
of Identification, which identifies the father of the child 
when known, with the understanding that a birth mother has a 
right to decline to identify the birth father.
    4. To not accept financial support or reimbursement of 
pregnancy related expenses simultaneously from more than one 
source.
    B. The form of consent required for the adoption of an 
unborn child
shall be substantially as follows:

CONSENT TO ADOPTION OF UNBORN CHILD


    I, ...., state:

    That I am the father of a child expected to be born on or 
about ....
to .... (name of mother).

    That I reside at .... County of ...., and State of .....

    That I am of the age of .... years.

    That I hereby enter my appearance in such adoption 
proceeding and
waive service of summons on me.

    That I hereby acknowledge that I have been provided with a 
copy of the Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private 
Form before signing this Consent, and that I have had time to 
read, or have had read to me, this Form.  I understand that if I 
do not receive any of the rights as described in this Form, it 
shall not constitute a basis to revoke this Consent to Adoption 
of Unborn Child. 
    That I do hereby consent and agree to the adoption of such 
child, and
that I have not previously executed a consent or 
surrender with respect
to such child.

    That I wish to and do understand that by signing this 
consent I do
irrevocably and permanently give up all custody 
and other parental
rights I have to such child, except that I 
have the right to revoke this
consent by giving written notice 
of my revocation not later than 72
hours after the birth of the 
child.

    That I understand such child will be placed for adoption 
and that,
except as hereinabove provided, I cannot under any 
circumstances, after
signing this document, change my mind and 
revoke or cancel this consent
or obtain or recover custody or 
any other rights over such child.

    That I have read and understand the above and I am signing 
it as my
free and voluntary act.

    Dated (insert date).

........................

    B-5. (1) The parent of a child may execute a consent to 
standby
adoption by a specified person or persons.  A consent 
under this subsection B-5
shall be acknowledged by a parent 
pursuant to subsection H and subsection K of
this Section.
The 
form of consent required for the standby adoption of a born 
child
effective at a future date when the consenting
 parent of 
the child dies or
requests that a final judgment of adoption be 
entered shall be substantially as
follows:

FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE CONSENT


TO STANDBY ADOPTION


    I, ..., (relationship, e.g. mother or father)
of ...., a 
..male child, state:

    That the child was born on .... at .....

    That I reside at ...., County of ...., and State of .....

    That I am of the age of .... years.

    That I hereby enter my appearance in this proceeding and 
waive service of
summons on me in this action only.

    That I do hereby consent and
agree to the standby adoption 
of the child, and that I have not previously
executed a consent 
or surrender with respect to the child.

    That I wish to and understand that by signing this consent 
I do irrevocably
and permanently give up all custody and other 
parental rights I have to the
child, effective upon
(my death) 
(the child's other parent's death) or upon (my) (the other


parent's) request for the entry of a final judgment for 
adoption if .....
(specified person or persons) adopt my child.

    That I understand that until (I die) (the child's other 
parent dies), I
retain all legal rights and obligations 
concerning the child, but at that time,
I irrevocably give all 
custody and other parental rights to .... (specified
person or 
persons).

    I understand my child will be adopted by ....... (specified 
person or
persons) only and that I cannot, under any 
circumstances, after signing this
document, change my mind and 
revoke or cancel this consent or obtain or recover
custody or 
any other rights over my child if ..... (specified person or

persons) adopt my child.

    I understand that this consent to standby adoption is valid 
only if the
petition for standby adoption is filed and that if 
....... (specified person or
persons), for any reason, cannot 
or will not file a petition for standby
adoption or if his, 
her, or their petition for standby adoption is denied, then

this consent is void.  I have the right to notice of any other 
proceeding that
could affect my parental rights.

    That I have read and understand the above and I am signing 
it as my free and
voluntary act.

    Dated (insert date).

....................

 

    If under Section 8 the consent of more than one person is 
required, then each
such
person shall execute a separate 
consent.  A separate consent shall be executed
for each
child.

    (2) If the parent consents to a standby adoption by 2 
specified persons,
then the form shall contain 2 additional 
paragraphs in substantially the
following form:

    If .... (specified persons) obtain a judgment of

dissolution of
marriage before the judgment for adoption is 
entered, then .....
(specified person) shall adopt my child.  I 
understand that I cannot change my
mind and revoke this consent 
or obtain or recover custody of my child if .....
(specified 
persons) obtain a judgment of dissolution of marriage and .....

(specified person) adopts my child.  I understand that I cannot 
change my
mind and revoke this consent if ...... (specified 
persons) obtain a
judgment of dissolution of marriage  before 
the adoption is final.  I
understand that this consent to 
adoption has no effect on who will get custody
of my child if 
..... (specified persons) obtain a judgment of dissolution
of 
marriage after the adoption is final.  I understand that if 
either .....
(specified persons) dies before the petition to 
adopt my child is granted, then
the surviving person may adopt 
my child.  I understand that I cannot change my
mind and revoke 
this consent or obtain or recover custody of my child if the

surviving person adopts my child.

    A consent to standby adoption by specified persons on this 
form shall have no
effect on a court's determination of custody 
or visitation under the Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution
of 
Marriage Act if the marriage of the specified persons is 
dissolved before
the adoption is final.

    (3) The form of the certificate of acknowledgement for a 
Final and
Irrevocable Consent for Standby Adoption shall be 
substantially as follows:

 
STATE OF .....)

              ) SS.

COUNTY OF ....)

 

    I, ....... (name of Judge or other person) ..... (official 
title,
name, and address), certify that ......., personally 
known to me to be
the same person whose name is subscribed to 
the foregoing Final and Irrevocable
Consent to Standby 
Adoption, appeared before me this day in person and

acknowledged that (she) (he) signed and
delivered the consent 
as (her) (his) free and voluntary act, for the specified

purpose.

    I have fully explained that this consent to adoption is 
valid only if the
petition to adopt is filed, and that if the 
specified person or persons, for
any reason, cannot or will not 
adopt the child or if the adoption petition is
denied, then 
this consent will be void.  I have fully explained that if the

specified person or persons adopt the child, by signing this 
consent (she) (he)
is irrevocably and permanently 
relinquishing all parental rights to the child,
and (she) (he) 
has stated that such is (her) (his) intention and desire.

    Dated (insert date).

    Signature ..............................

    (4) If a consent to standby adoption is executed in this 
form,
the consent shall be valid only if the specified
person 
or persons adopt the child.  The consent shall be void if:

    (a) the specified person or persons do not file a petition 
for standby
adoption of the child; or

    (b) a court denies the standby adoption petition.

    The parent shall not need to take further action to revoke 
the consent if the
standby adoption by the specified person or 
persons does not occur,
notwithstanding the provisions of 
Section 11 of this Act.

    C. The form of surrender to any agency given by a parent of 
a born
child who is to be subsequently placed for adoption 
shall be
substantially as follows and shall contain such other 
facts and
statements as the particular agency shall require.

FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE SURRENDER


FOR PURPOSES OF ADOPTION


    I, ....  (relationship, e.g., mother, father, relative, 
guardian) of
...., a ..male child, state:

    That such child was born on ...., at .....

    That I reside at ...., County of ...., and State of .....

    That I am of the age of .... years.

    That I do hereby surrender and entrust the entire custody 
and control
of such child to the ....  (the "Agency"), a 
(public) (licensed) child
welfare agency with its principal 
office in the City of ...., County of
.... and State of ...., 
for the purpose of enabling it to care for and
supervise the 
care of such child, to place such child for adoption and
to 
consent to the legal adoption of such child.

    That I hereby grant to the Agency full power and authority 
to place
such child with any person or persons it may in its 
sole discretion
select to become the adopting parent or parents 
and to consent to the
legal adoption of such child by such 
person or persons; and to take any
and all measures which, in 
the judgment of the Agency, may be for the
best interests of 
such child, including authorizing medical, surgical
and dental 
care and treatment including inoculation and anaesthesia for

such child.

    That I wish to and understand that by signing this 
surrender I do
irrevocably and permanently give up all custody 
and other parental
rights I have to such child.

    That I understand I cannot under any circumstances, after 
signing
this surrender, change my mind and revoke or cancel 
this surrender or
obtain or recover custody or any other rights 
over such child.

    That I have read and understand the above and I am signing 
it as my
free and voluntary act.

    Dated (insert date).

........................

    C-5. The form of a Final and Irrevocable Designated 
Surrender for Purposes of Adoption to any agency given by a 
parent of a born child who is to be subsequently placed for 
adoption is to be used by legal parents only. The form shall be 
substantially as follows and shall contain such other facts and 
statements as the particular agency shall require: 
FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE DESIGNATED SURRENDER 
FOR PURPOSES OF ADOPTION 
    I, .... (relationship, e.g., mother, father, relative, 
guardian) of ...., a ..male child, state:
    1.    That such child was born on ...., at .....
    2.    That I reside at ...., County of ...., and State of 
.....
    3.    That I am of the age of .... years.
    4.    That I do hereby surrender and entrust the entire 
custody and control of such child to the .... (the "Agency"), a 
(public) (licensed) child welfare agency with its principal 
office in the City of ...., County of .... and State of ...., 
for the purpose of enabling it to care for and supervise the 
care of such child, to place such child for adoption with 
............................. (specified person or persons) 
and to consent to the legal adoption of such child and to take 
any and all measures which, in the judgment of the Agency, may 
be for the best interests of such child, including authorizing 
medical, surgical and dental care and treatment including 
inoculation and anesthesia for such child.
    5.   That I wish to and understand that by signing this 
surrender I do irrevocably and permanently give up all custody 
and other parental rights I have to such child.
    6. That if the petition for adoption is not filed by the

specified person or persons designated herein or, if the

petition for adoption is filed but the adoption petition is

dismissed with prejudice or the adoption proceeding is

otherwise concluded without an order declaring the child to be

the adopted child of each specified person, then I understand 
that the Agency will provide notice to me within 10 business 
days and that such notice will be directed to me using the 
contact information I have provided to the Agency. I understand 
that I will have 10 business days from the date that the Agency 
sends me its notice to respond, within which time I may choose 
to designate other adoptive parent(s). However, I acknowledge 
that
the Agency has full power and authority to place the child 
for adoption with
any person or persons it may in its sole 
discretion select to
become the adopting parent or parents and 
to consent to the
legal adoption of the child by such person or 
persons.
    7.    That I acknowledge that this surrender is valid even if 
the specified persons separate or divorce or one of the 
specified persons dies prior to the entry of the final judgment 
for adoption.
    8.    That I expressly acknowledge that the above paragraphs 6 
and 7 do not impair the validity and absolute finality of this 
surrender under any circumstance.
    9. That I understand that I have a remaining obligation to 
keep the Agency informed of my current contact information 
until the adoption of the child has been finalized if I wish to 
be notified in the event the adoption by the specified 
person(s) cannot proceed. 
    10.   That I understand I cannot under any circumstances, 
after signing this surrender, change my mind and revoke or 
cancel this surrender or obtain or recover custody or any other 
rights over such child.
    11.   That I have read and understand the above and I am 
signing it as my free and voluntary act. 
    Dated (insert date). 
.............................. 
    D. The form of surrender to an agency given by a parent of 
an unborn
child who is to be subsequently placed for adoption 
shall be
substantially as follows and shall contain such other 
facts and
statements as the particular agency shall require.

SURRENDER OF UNBORN CHILD FOR


PURPOSES OF ADOPTION


    I, .... (father), state:

    That I am the father of a child expected to be born on or 
about ....
to .... (name of mother).

    That I reside at ...., County of ...., and State of .....

    That I am of the age of .... years.

    That I do hereby surrender and entrust the entire custody 
and control
of such child to the .... (the "Agency"), a 
(public) (licensed) child
welfare agency with its principal 
office in the City of ...., County of
.... and State of ...., 
for the purpose of enabling it to care for and
supervise the 
care of such child, to place such child for adoption and
to 
consent to the legal adoption of such child, and that I have 
not
previously executed a consent or surrender with respect to 
such child.

    That I hereby grant to the Agency full power and authority 
to place
such child with any person or persons it may in its 
sole discretion
select to become the adopting parent or parents 
and to consent to the
legal adoption of such child by such 
person or persons; and to take any
and all measures which, in 
the judgment of the Agency, may be for the
best interests of 
such child, including authorizing medical, surgical
and dental 
care and treatment, including inoculation and anaesthesia for

such child.

    That I wish to and understand that by signing this 
surrender I do
irrevocably and permanently give up all custody 
and other parental
rights I have to such child.

    That I understand I cannot under any circumstances, after 
signing
this surrender, change my mind and revoke or cancel 
this surrender or
obtain or recover custody or any other rights 
over such child, except
that I have the right to revoke this 
surrender by giving written notice
of my revocation not later 
than 72 hours after the birth of such child.

    That I have read and understand the above and I am signing 
it as my
free and voluntary act.

    Dated (insert date).

........................

    E. The form of consent required from the parents for the 
adoption of
an adult, when such adult elects to obtain such 
consent, shall be
substantially as follows:

CONSENT


    I, ...., (father) (mother) of ...., an adult, state:

    That I reside at ...., County of .... and State of .....

    That I do hereby consent and agree to the adoption of such 
adult by
.... and .....

    Dated (insert date).

.........................

    F. The form of consent required for the adoption of a child 
of the
age of 14 years or upwards, or of an adult, to be given 
by such person,
shall be substantially as follows:

CONSENT


    I, ...., state:

    That I reside at ...., County of .... and State of .....  
That I am
of the age of .... years.  That I consent and agree to 
my adoption by
.... and .....

    Dated (insert date).

........................

    G. The form of consent given by an agency to the adoption 
by
specified persons of a child previously surrendered to it 
shall set
forth that the agency has the authority to execute 
such consent.  The
form of consent given by a guardian of the 
person of a child sought to
be adopted, appointed by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, shall set
forth the facts of such 
appointment and the authority of the guardian to
execute such 
consent.

    H. A consent (other than that given by an agency, or 
guardian of the
person of the child sought to be adopted who 
was appointed by a court of
competent jurisdiction) shall be 
acknowledged by a parent before a  judge of a  court of competent 
jurisdiction  or, except as otherwise provided in
this Act, 
before a representative of an  agency, or before a person, other 
than the attorney for the prospective adoptive parent or 
parents, designated by  a court of competent
jurisdiction.

    I. A surrender, or any other document equivalent to a 
surrender, by
which a child is surrendered to an agency shall 
be acknowledged by the
person signing such surrender, or other 
document, before a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, 
or, except as otherwise provided in this Act, before a 
representative of an agency, or before a  person designated  by a  
court
of competent jurisdiction.

    J. The form of the certificate of acknowledgment for a 
consent, a
surrender, or any other document equivalent to a 
surrender, shall be
substantially as follows:

STATE OF ....)

             ) SS.

COUNTY OF ...)

    I, .... (Name of judge or other person), .... (official 
title, name and
location of court or status or position of 
other person),
certify that ...., personally known to me to be 
the same person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing 
(consent) (surrender), appeared
before me this day in person 
and acknowledged that (she) (he) signed and
delivered such 
(consent) (surrender) as (her) (his) free and voluntary
act, 
for the specified purpose.

    I have fully explained that by signing such (consent) 
(surrender)
(she) (he) is irrevocably relinquishing all 
parental rights to such
child or adult and (she) (he) has 
stated that such is (her) (his)
intention and desire. (Add if 
Consent only) I am further satisfied that, before signing this 
Consent, ........ has read, or has had read to him or her, the 
Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities-Private Form.

    Dated (insert date).

    Signature ...............

    K. When the execution of a consent or a surrender is 
acknowledged
before someone other than a judge,
such other 
person shall have his or her signature on the certificate

acknowledged before a notary public, in form substantially as 
follows:

STATE OF ....)

             ) SS.

COUNTY OF ...)

    I, a Notary Public, in and for the County of ......, in the 
State of
......, certify that ...., personally known to me to 
be the
same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing 
certificate of
acknowledgment, appeared before me in person and 
acknowledged that (she)
(he) signed such certificate as (her) 
(his) free and voluntary act and
that the statements made in 
the certificate are true.

    Dated (insert date).

    
Signature ...................... Notary Public


(official seal)


 

    There shall be attached a certificate of magistracy, or 
other
comparable proof of office of the notary public 
satisfactory to the
court, to a consent signed and acknowledged 
in another state.

    L. A surrender or consent executed and acknowledged outside 
of this
State, either in accordance with the law of this State 
or in accordance
with the law of the place where executed, is 
valid.

    M. Where a consent or a surrender is signed in a foreign 
country,
the execution of such consent shall be acknowledged or 
affirmed in a
manner conformable to the law and procedure of 
such country.

    N. If the person signing a consent or surrender is in the 
military
service of the United States, the execution of such 
consent or surrender
may be acknowledged before a commissioned 
officer and the signature of
such officer on such certificate 
shall be verified or acknowledged
before a notary public or by 
such other procedure as is then in effect
for such division or 
branch of the armed forces.

    O. (1) The parent or parents of a child in whose interests 
a petition
under Section 2-13 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 
is pending may, with the
approval of the designated 
representative of the Department of Children and
Family 
Services ("Department" or "DCFS"), execute a consent to 
adoption by a specified person or
persons:


        (a) in whose physical custody the child has resided for 
    at least 6
months;
or


        (b) in whose physical custody at least one sibling of 
    the child who is the
subject of this consent has resided 
    for at least 6 months, and
the child who is
the subject of 
    this consent is currently residing in this foster home; or


        (c) in whose physical custody a child under one year of 
    age has resided
for at least 3 months.

The court may waive the time frames in subdivisions (a), (b), 
and (c) for good cause shown if the court finds it to be in the 
child's best interests. 
A consent under this subsection O shall be acknowledged by a 
parent pursuant to
subsection H and subsection K of this 
Section.

    (2) The final and irrevocable consent to adoption by a 
specified person or persons in a Department of Children and 
Family Services (DCFS) case consent to adoption by a specified 
person or persons shall have the
caption of the proceeding in 
which it is to be filed and shall be substantially
as follows:

FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE CONSENT TO ADOPTION BY


A SPECIFIED PERSON OR PERSONS: DCFS CASE 


    I, ......................................, the 
.................. (mother or
father) of a ....male child, 
state:


        1. My child ............................ (name of 
    child) was born on
(insert date) at .................... 
    Hospital in the municipality of ........., in

    ................ County, State of ...............


        2. I reside at ......................, County of 
    ............. and
State of ..............
        Mail may also be sent to me at this address 
    ............................, in care of ................. 
        My home telephone number is..........................
        My cell telephone number is..........................
        My e-mail address is.................................

        3. I, ..........................., am .... years old.

        4. I enter my appearance in this action for my child to 
    be adopted to adopt my child by the
person or persons 
    specified herein by me and waive service of
summons on me 
    in this action only.

        5. I hereby acknowledge that I have been provided a 
    copy of the Birth Parent Rights and Responsibilities for 
    DCFS Cases before signing this Consent and that I have had 
    time to read this form or have it read to me and that I 
    understand the rights and responsibilities described in 
    this form. I understand that if I do not receive any of my 
    rights as described in the form, it shall not constitute a 
    basis to revoke this Final and Irrevocable Consent to 
    Adoption by a Specified Person or Persons.
        6. I do hereby consent and agree to the adoption of 
    such child by .......... (specified person or persons) 
    only.
        7. I wish to sign this consent and I understand that by 
    signing this consent I irrevocably and permanently give up 
    all my parental rights I have to my child.
        8. I understand that this consent allows my child to be 
    adopted by .......... only and that I cannot under any 
    circumstances after signing this document change my mind 
    and revoke or cancel this consent.
        9. I understand that this consent will be void if:
            (a) the Department places my child with someone 
        other than  the specified person or persons; or
            (b) a court denies the adoption petition for the 
        specified person or persons to adopt my child; or 
            (c) the DCFS Guardianship Administrator refuses to 
        consent to my child's adoption by the specified person 
        or persons on the basis that the adoption is not in my 
        child's best interests.
        I understand that if this consent is void I have 
    parental rights to my child, subject to any applicable 
    court orders including those entered under Article II of 
    the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless and until I sign a 
    new consent or surrender or my parental rights are 
    involuntarily terminated. I understand that if this 
    consent is void, my child may be adopted by someone other 
    than the specified person or persons only if I sign a new 
    consent or surrender, or my parental rights are 
    involuntarily terminated. I understand that if this 
    consent is void, the Department will notify me within 30 
    days using the addresses and telephone numbers I provided 
    in paragraph 2 of this form. I understand that if I receive 
    such a notice, it is very important that I contact the 
    Department immediately, and preferably within 30 days, to 
    have input into the plan for my child's future. 
        10. I understand that if a petition for adoption of my 
    child is filed by someone other than the specified person 
    or persons, the Department will notify me within 14 days 
    after the Department becomes aware of the petition. The 
    fact that someone other than the specified person or 
    persons files a petition to adopt my child does not make 
    this consent void. 
        11. If a person other than the specified person or 
    persons files a petition to adopt my child or if the 
    consent is void under paragraph 9, the Department will send 
    written notice to me using the mailing address and email 
    address provided by me in paragraph 2 of this form. The 
    Department will also contact me using the telephone numbers 
    I provided in paragraph 2 of this form. It is very 
    important that I let the Department know if any of my 
    contact information changes.  If I do not let the Department 
    know if any of my contact information changes, I understand 
    that I may not receive notification from the Department if 
    this consent is void or if someone other than the specified 
    person or persons files a petition to adopt my child.  If 
    any of my contact information changes, I should immediately 
    notify: 
        Caseworker's name and telephone number:
    ............................................................;
        Agency name, address, zip code, and telephone number:
    ............................................................;
        Supervisor's name and telephone number:
    ............................................................;
    DCFS Advocacy Office for Children and Families: 
    800-232-3798. 
        12. I expressly acknowledge that paragraph 9 (and 
    paragraphs 8a and 8b, if applicable) do not impair the 
    validity and finality of this consent under any 
    circumstances. 

         I consent to the adoption of my child by

    .............................
(specified person or 
    persons) only.


         I wish to sign this consent and I understand that by 
    signing this
consent I irrevocably and permanently give up 
    all parental rights I have to my
child if my child is 
    adopted by ............................. (specified person

    or persons).


         I understand my child will be adopted by 
    .............................
(specified person or 
    persons) only and that I cannot under any circumstances,

    after signing this document, change my mind and revoke or 
    cancel this consent
or obtain or recover custody or any 
    other rights over my child if
............................ 
    (specified person or persons) adopt my child.


         I understand that this consent to adoption is valid 
    only if the
petition to adopt is filed within one year from 
    the date that I sign it and
that if ....................... 
    (specified person or persons), for any reason,
cannot or 
    will not file a petition to adopt my child within that one 
    year
period or if their adoption petition is denied, then 
    this consent will be
voidable after one year upon the 
    timely filing of my motion.  If I file this
motion before 
    the filing of the petition for adoption, I understand that 
    the
court shall revoke this specific consent.
I have the 
    right to notice of any other proceeding that could affect 
    my
parental rights, except for the proceeding for 
    ............. (specified person
or persons) to adopt my 
    child.

    
    13. I have read and understand the above and I am 
    signing it as my free
and voluntary act.

        Dated (insert date).

        .............................................

        Signature of parent

    (3) If the parent consents to an adoption by 2 specified 
persons, then the
form shall contain 2 additional paragraphs in 
substantially the following form:


        8a. If ............... (specified persons) get a 
    divorce
or are granted a dissolution of a civil union 
    before the petition to adopt my child is granted, this 
    consent is valid for ........... (specified person) to 
    adopt my child. I understand that I cannot change my mind 
    or revoke this consent or recover custody of my child on 
    the basis that the specified persons divorce or are granted 
    a dissolution of a civil union. then ..........
(specified 
    person) shall adopt my child.  I understand that I
cannot 
    change my mind and revoke this consent or obtain or
recover 
    custody over my child if ............. (specified persons)

    divorce and ............. (specified person) adopts my

    child.  I understand that I cannot change my mind and revoke

    this consent or obtain or recover custody over my child if

    ................. (specified persons) divorce after the

    adoption is final.  I understand that this consent to 
    adoption
has no effect on who will get custody of my child 
    if they
divorce after the adoption is final.


        8b. I understand that if either ...............

    (specified persons) dies before the petition to adopt
my 
    child is granted, this consent remains valid for the 
    surviving person to adopt my child. I understand that I 
    cannot change my mind or revoke this consent or recover 
    custody of my  child on the basis that one of the specified 
    persons dies. then the surviving person can adopt my child.  
    I
understand that I cannot change my mind and revoke this 
    consent
or obtain or recover custody over my child if the 
    surviving
person adopts my child.

    A consent to adoption by specified persons on this form 
shall
have no effect on a court's determination of custody or 
visitation
under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
Marriage Act if the
marriage of the
specified persons is 
dissolved after the adoption is final.

    (4) The form of the certificate of acknowledgement for a 
Final and
Irrevocable Consent for Adoption by a Specified 
Person or Persons: DCFS Case shall be
substantially as follows:

 
STATE OF ..............)

                       ) SS.

COUNTY OF .............)

 

    I, .................... (Name of Judge or other person),

..................... (official title, name, and address),

certify that ............., personally known to me to be the 
same person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing Final and 
Irrevocable Consent for Adoption
by a Specified Person or 
Persons: DCFS Case, appeared before me this day
in person and 
acknowledged that (she)(he) signed and delivered the consent as

(her)(his) free and voluntary act, for the specified purpose.

    I have fully explained that this consent to adoption is 
valid only if the
petition to adopt is filed within one year 
from the date that it is signed, and
that if the specified 
person or persons, for any reason, cannot or will not
adopt the 
child or if the adoption petition is denied, then this consent 
will
be voidable after one year upon the timely filing of a 
motion by the parent
to revoke the consent. I explained that if 
this motion is filed before the
filing of the petition for 
adoption, the court shall revoke this specific
consent.  I have 
fully explained that if the specified person or
persons adopt

the child, by signing this consent this parent is irrevocably

and permanently
relinquishing all parental rights to the child 
so that the child may be adopted by a specified person or 
persons, and this parent has stated that
such is (her)(his) 
intention and desire. I have fully explained that this consent 
is void only if: 

        (a) the placement is disrupted and the child is moved 
    to a different placement; or
        (b) a court denies the petition for adoption; or
        (c) the Department of Children and Family Services 
    Guardianship Administrator refuses to consent to the 
    child's adoption by a specified person or persons on the 
    basis that the adoption is not in the child's best 
    interests. 
    Dated (insert date).

    ...............................

    Signature

    (5) If a consent to adoption by a specified person or 
persons is executed in
this form, the following provisions 
shall apply.  The consent shall be valid
only for the if that 
specified person or persons to adopt the child.  The consent 
shall be void
voidable after one year if:


        (a) the placement disrupts and the child is moved to 
    another placement the specified person or persons do not 
    file a petition to adopt the
child within one year after 
    the consent is signed and the parent files a
timely motion 
    to revoke this consent.  If this motion is filed before the

    filing of the petition for adoption the court shall revoke 
    this consent; or


        (b) a court denies the petition for adoption a court 
    denies the adoption petition; or


        (c) the Department of Children and Family Services 
    Guardianship
Administrator refuses to consent to the 
    child's adoption by the specified person or persons on the 
    basis that the adoption is not in the child's best 
    interests determines that the specified person or persons 
    will not or
cannot complete the adoption, or in the best 
    interests of the child should not
adopt the child.

    If the consent is void under this Section, the parent shall 
not need to take further action to revoke the consent. No 
proceeding for termination of parental rights shall be brought 
unless the parent who executed the consent to adoption by a 
specified person or persons has been notified of the 
proceedings pursuant to Section 7 of this Act or subsection (4) 
of Section 2-13 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Within 30 
days of the consent becoming void, the Department of Children 
and
Family Services Guardianship Administrator shall make good 
faith attempts to
notify the parent in writing and shall give 
written notice to the court and all
additional parties in 
writing that the adoption has not occurred or will not
occur 
and that the consent is void.  If the adoption by a specified 
person or
persons does not occur, no proceeding for termination 
of parental rights shall
be brought unless the biological 
parent who executed the consent to adoption by
a specified 
person or persons has been notified of the proceeding pursuant 
to
Section 7 of this Act or subsection (4) of Section 2-13 of 
the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987.  The parent shall not need to 
take further action to revoke the
consent if the specified 
adoption does not occur, notwithstanding the
provisions of 
Section 11 of this Act.

    (6) The Department of Children and Family Services is 
authorized
to promulgate rules necessary to implement this 
subsection O.

    (7) (Blank). The Department shall collect and maintain data 
concerning the efficacy
of specific consents.  This data shall 
include the number of specific consents
executed and their 
outcomes, including but not limited to the number of
children 
adopted pursuant to the consents, the number of children for 
whom
adoptions are not completed, and the reason or reasons why 
the adoptions are
not completed.

    (8) The Department of Children and Family Services shall 
promulgate a rule and  procedures regarding Consents to Adoption 
by a Specified Person or Persons in DCFS cases.  The rule and 
procedures shall provide for the development of the Birth 
Parent Rights and Responsibilities Form for DCFS
Cases.
    (9) A consent to adoption by specified persons on this

consent form shall have no effect on a court's determination of

custody or visitation under the Illinois Marriage and

Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Illinois Religious Freedom

Protection and Civil Union Act if the marriage or civil union 
of the
specified persons is dissolved after the adoption is 
final.
    P. If the person signing a consent is incarcerated or 
detained in a correctional facility, prison, jail, detention 
center, or other comparable institution, either in this State 
or any other jurisdiction, the execution of such consent may be 
acknowledged before social service personnel of such 
institution, or before a person designated by a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Q. A consent may be acknowledged telephonically, via 
audiovisual connection, or other electronic means, provided 
that a court of competent jurisdiction has entered an order 
approving the execution of the consent in such manner and has 
designated an individual to be physically present with the 
parent executing such consent in order to verify the identity 
of the parent.
    R. An agency whose representative is acknowledging a 
consent pursuant to this Section shall be a public child 
welfare agency, or a child welfare agency, or a child placing 
agency that is authorized or licensed in the State or 
jurisdiction in which the consent is signed. 
    S.  The form of waiver by a putative or legal father of a 
born or unborn child shall be substantially as follows: 
 
FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE 
WAIVER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF PUTATIVE OR LEGAL FATHER 

 
    I, .................... , state under oath or affirm as 
follows: 
        1. That the biological mother ............... has 
    named me as a possible biological or
legal father of her 
    minor child who was born, or is expected to be born on

    ..........., ......, in the City/Town of........., State 
    of ...........
        2. That I understand that the biological mother 
    ............. intends to or has placed the child
for 
    adoption.
        3. That I reside at ................, in the City/Town 
    of...........,
 State of ................
        4. That I am ................  years of age and my date 
    of birth is ..............., .............
        5. That I (select one): 
            ..... am married to the biological mother.
            ..... am not married to the biological mother and 
        have not been married to the biological
mother within 
        300 days before the child's birth or expected date of 
        child's birth.
            ..... am not currently married to the biological 
        mother, but was married to the biological
mother, 
        within 300 days before the child's birth or expected 
        date of child's birth. 
        6. That I (select one): 
            ..... neither admit nor deny that I am the 
        biological father of the child.
            ..... deny that I am the biological father of the 
        child. 
        7. That I hereby agree to the termination of my 
    parental rights, if any, without further notice to me
of 
    any proceeding for the adoption of the minor child, even if 
    I have taken any action to establish
parental rights or 
    take any such action in the future including registering 
    with any putative father
registry.
        8. That I understand that by signing this Waiver I do 
    irrevocably and permanently give up all
custody and other 
    parental rights I may have to such child.
        9. That I understand that this Waiver is FINAL AND 
    IRREVOCABLE and that I am permanently
barred from 
    contesting any proceeding for the adoption of the child 
    after I sign this Waiver.
        10. That I waive any further service of summons or 
    other pleadings in any proceeding to terminate
parental 
    rights, if any to this child, or any proceeding for 
    adoption of this child.
        11. That I understand that if a final judgment or order 
    of adoption for this child is not entered, then
any 
    parental rights or responsibilities that I may have remain 
    intact.
        12. That I have read and understand the above and that 
    I am signing it as my free and voluntary act. 
 
    Dated: ................... , .............. 
    ........................................... 
    Signature 
 
OATH 
I have been duly sworn and I state under oath that I have read 
and understood this Final and Irrevocable
Waiver of Parental 
Rights of Putative or Legal Father. The facts contained in it 
are true and correct to the
best of my knowledge. I have signed 
this document as my free and voluntary act in order to 
facilitate the
adoption of the child. 
 
.............................. 
Signature 
 
Signed and Sworn before me on 
this ............ day 
of ..........., 20.... 
 
................... 
Notary Public 
(Source: P.A. 96-601, eff. 8-21-09; 96-1461, eff. 1-1-11; 
97-493, eff. 8-22-11.)

 
    (750 ILCS 50/18.08 new)
    Sec. 18.08. Adoption Advisory Council.
    (a)    There shall be established under the Department of 
Public Health and the Department of Children and Family 
Services the Adoption Advisory Council. The Council shall 
include:
        (1)    the Director of the Department of Public Health, or 
    his or her designee, who shall serve as the co-chairperson 
    of the Council;
        (2)   the Director of the Department of Children and 
    Family Services, or his or her designee, who shall serve as 
    the co-chairperson of the Council;
        (3)    an attorney representing the Attorney General's 
    Office appointed by the Attorney General;
        (4)    a currently certified confidential intermediary 
    appointed by the Director of the Department of Children and 
    Family Services;
        (5)   one representative from each of the following 
    organizations appointed by the Director of the Department 
    of Public Health: Adoption Advocates of America, Adoptive 
    Families Today, Catholic Conference of Illinois, Chicago 
    Area Families for Adoption, Chicago Bar Association, Child 
    Care Association of Illinois, Children Remembered, Inc., 
    Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois, Child Welfare 
    Advisory Council, The Cradle, Healing Hearts, Illinois 
    Foster Parents Association, Illinois State Bar 
    Association, Illinois State Medical Society, Jewish 
    Children's Bureau, LDS Social Services, Lutheran Social 
    Services of Illinois, Maryville Academy, Midwest Adoption 
    Center, St. Mary's Services, Stars of David, and 
    Truthseekers in Adoption;
        (6)   5 additional members appointed by the Director of 
    the Department of Children and Family Services who shall, 
    when making those appointments, consider advocates for 
    adopted persons, adoptive parents, or birth parents, 
    lawyers who represent clients in private adoptions, 
    lawyers specializing in privacy law, and representatives 
    of agencies involved in adoptions;
        (7)  an attorney from the Department of Children and 
    Family Services, who shall serve as an ex-officio, 
    non-voting advisor to the Council; and
        (8)  the person directly responsible for administering 
    the confidential intermediary program, who shall serve as 
    an ex-officio, non-voting advisor to the Council. 
    (b)    If any one of the named organizations in item (5) of 
subsection (a) notifies the Director of the Department of 
Public Health or the Director of the Department of Children and 
Family Services in writing that the organization does not wish 
to participate on the Adoption Advisory Council or that the 
organization is no longer functioning, the Directors may 
designate  another organization that represents the same 
constituency as the named organization to replace the named 
organization on the Council.
    (c)    Council members shall receive no compensation for their 
service. The Council shall meet no less often than once every 6 
months and shall meet as the Director of the Department of 
Public Health or the Director of the Department of Children and 
Family Services deems necessary. The Council shall have only an 
advisory role to the Directors and may make recommendations to 
the pertinent Department regarding the development of rules, 
procedures, and forms that will promote  the efficient and 
effective operation of (i) the Illinois Adoption Registry, (ii) 
the Office of Vital Records as it pertains to the Registry and 
to access to the non-certified copy of the original birth 
certificate, and (iii) the Confidential Intermediary Program 
in Illinois. The Council will also serve in an advisory 
capacity regarding the effective delivery of adult 
post-adoption services in Illinois, including:
        (1)   advising the Department of Public Health on the 
    development of rules, procedures, and forms utilized by the 
    Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information 
    Exchange;
        (2)   making recommendations regarding the procedures, 
    tools, and technology that will promote efficient and 
    effective operation of the Registry;
        (3)   assisting the Department of Public Health with the 
    development, publication, and circulation of an 
    informational pamphlet that describes the purpose, 
    function, and mechanics of the Illinois Adoption Registry 
    and Medical Information Exchange, including information 
    about who is eligible to register and how to register; 
    information about the questions and concerns that 
    registrants may develop when they register or when they 
    receive information from the Registry; and a list of 
    services, programs, groups, and informational websites 
    that are available to assist registrants with their 
    questions and concerns;
        (4)   collecting, compiling, and reviewing statistical 
    data and empirical information concerning the procedures 
    in the Registry including, but not limited to, data 
    concerning the filing of Denials of Information Exchange, 
    Information Exchange Authorizations, Requests for a 
    Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth Certificate, and 
    Birth Parent Preference Forms;
        (5)   making recommendations to the Director of the 
    Department of Children and Family Services regarding the 
    standards for certification for confidential 
    intermediaries;
        (6) making recommendations to the Director of the 
    Department of Children and Family Services concerning 
    oversight methods used to verify that intermediaries are 
    complying with the appropriate laws;
        (7)   assisting the Department of Children and Family 
    Services with training for confidential intermediaries, 
    including training with respect to federal and State 
    privacy laws;
        (8)   reviewing the relationship between confidential 
    intermediaries and the court system and making 
    recommendations to the Director of the Department of 
    Children and Family Services concerning sample orders that 
    define the scope of the intermediaries' access to 
    information;
        (9)   considering any recent violations of policy or 
    procedures by confidential intermediaries and remedial 
    steps, including decertification, which might be 
    recommended to the Director of the Department of Children 
    and Family Services so as to prevent future violations; and
        (10)    reviewing reports from the Department of Children 
    and Family Services submitted by July 1 and January 1 of 
    each year in order detailing                                                                                                                                                       the penalties assessed and 
    collected, the amounts of related deposits into the DCFS 
    Children's Services Fund, and any expenditures from such 
    deposits.
    (d)    Within 45 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, both the Adoption 
Registry Advisory Council and the Confidential Intermediary 
Council shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
turn over the Council's records to the Adoption Advisory 
Council and cease to function. 
 



    (750 ILCS 50/18.3a)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1522.3a)



    Sec. 18.3a. Confidential intermediary. 

    (a) General purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision 
of
this Act, any
adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age 
or over, any adoptive parent or legal guardian
of
an adopted or 
surrendered person under the age of 21, or any birth parent of 
an adopted
or surrendered person who is 21 years of age or over 
may petition the court in any county in
the
State of Illinois 
for appointment of a confidential intermediary as provided in

this Section for the purpose of exchanging medical information 
with one or
more mutually consenting biological relatives, 
obtaining identifying
information about one or more mutually 
consenting biological relatives, or
arranging contact with one 
or more mutually consenting biological relatives.

Additionally, in cases where an adopted or surrendered person 
is deceased,
an adult child of the adopted
or surrendered 
person or his or her adoptive parents or surviving spouse may 
file a petition under this Section and in cases
where the birth 
parent is deceased,
 an adult birth sibling of the adopted or 
surrendered person or of the deceased birth parent
may
file a 
petition under this Section for the purpose of exchanging 
medical
information with one or more mutually consenting 
biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered person,

obtaining identifying information about one or more mutually 
consenting
biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered 
person, or arranging contact with one or more mutually

consenting biological relatives of the adopted or surrendered 
person. Beginning January 1, 2006, any adopted or surrendered 
person 21 years of age or over; any adoptive parent or legal 
guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of 
21; any birth parent, birth sibling, birth aunt, or birth uncle 
of an adopted or surrendered person over the age of 21; any 
surviving child, adoptive parent, or surviving spouse of a 
deceased adopted or surrendered person who wishes to petition 
the court for the appointment of a confidential intermediary 
shall be required to accompany their petition with proof of 
registration with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical 
Information Exchange.

    (b) Petition. Upon petition by an adopted or surrendered

person 21 years of age or over (an "adult adopted or 
surrendered person"), an
adoptive parent or legal guardian of 
an adopted or surrendered person under the age of 21,
or a 
birth parent of an adopted or surrendered person who is 21 
years of age or over, the
court
shall appoint a confidential 
intermediary.  Upon petition by
an adult child, adoptive parent 
or surviving spouse of an adopted or surrendered person who is 
deceased, by an adult birth sibling of an adopted or 
surrendered person
whose common birth parent is deceased
and 
whose adopted or surrendered birth sibling is 21 years of age 
or over, or by an adult sibling of a birth parent who is 
deceased,
and whose surrendered child is 21 years of age or 
over, the court may appoint a confidential
intermediary if the 
court finds that the disclosure is of greater benefit than

nondisclosure.
The petition shall state which biological 
relative
or
relatives are being sought and shall indicate if 
the petitioner wants to do any
one or more of the following: 
exchange medical information with the
biological relative or 
relatives, obtain identifying information from the
biological 
relative or relatives, or to arrange contact with the 
biological
relative.

    (c) Order. The order appointing the confidential 
intermediary shall allow
that
intermediary to conduct a search 
for the sought-after relative by accessing
those records 
described in subsection (g) of this Section.

    (d) Fees and expenses. The court shall not condition the 
appointment of the
confidential intermediary on the 
petitioner's payment of the intermediary's
fees and expenses in 
advance of the commencement of the work of the
confidential 
intermediary. No However, no fee shall be charged if the  
petitioner is an  adult  adopted or surrendered  person and the 
sought-after relative is a birth parent who filed or who did 
not file a Denial with the Registry prior to January 1, 2011, 
or filed a Birth Parent Preference Form on which Option E was 
selected after January 1, 2011 and more than 5 years have 
transpired since the birth parent filed the Denial of 
Information Exchange or Birth Parent Preference Form on which 
Option E was selected.

    (e) Eligibility of intermediary. The court may appoint as 
confidential
intermediary any
person certified by the 
Department of Children and Family Services as qualified to 
serve as a confidential
intermediary.
Certification shall be 
dependent upon the
confidential intermediary completing a 
course of training including, but not
limited to, applicable 
federal and State privacy laws.

    (f) (Blank). Confidential Intermediary Council. There 
shall be established under the
Department of Children and 
Family
Services a Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council.  
One member shall be an
attorney representing the Attorney 
General's Office appointed by the Attorney
General.  One member 
shall be a currently certified confidential intermediary

appointed by the Director of the Department of Children and 
Family Services.
The Director shall also appoint 5 additional 
members.  When making those
appointments, the Director shall 
consider advocates for adopted persons,
adoptive parents, 
birth parents, lawyers who represent clients in private

adoptions, lawyers specializing in privacy law, and 
representatives of agencies
involved in adoptions.  The 
Director shall appoint one of the 7 members as
the chairperson.  
An attorney from the Department of Children and Family
Services

and the person directly responsible for administering the 
confidential
intermediary program shall serve as ex-officio, 
non-voting advisors to the
Council.  Council members shall serve 
at the discretion of the Director and
shall receive no 
compensation other than reasonable expenses approved by the

Director.  The Council shall meet no less than twice yearly and 
shall meet at least once yearly  with the Registry Advisory 
Council, and shall make
recommendations to the Director 
regarding the development of rules, procedures,
and forms that 
will ensure efficient and effective operation of the

confidential intermediary process, including:


        (1) Standards for certification for confidential 
    intermediaries.


        (2) Oversight of methods used to verify that 
    intermediaries are complying
with the appropriate laws.


        (3) Training for confidential intermediaries, 
    including training with
respect to federal and State 
    privacy laws.


        (4) The relationship between confidential 
    intermediaries and the court
system, including the 
    development of sample orders defining the scope of the

    intermediaries' access to information.


        (5) Any recent violations of policy or procedures by 
    confidential
intermediaries and remedial steps, including 
    decertification, to prevent future
violations.

    (g)  Access. Subject to the limitations of subsection (i) 
of this
Section, the
confidential
intermediary shall have 
access to vital records or a comparable public entity that 
maintains vital records in another state in accordance with 
that state's laws, maintained by the Department of
Public 
Health and its local designees for the maintenance of vital 
records or a comparable public entity that maintains vital 
records in another state in accordance with that state's laws 
and
all records of the court or any adoption agency,
public
or 
private, as limited in this Section, which relate to the 
adoption or the identity and location of an
adopted or 
surrendered person, of an adult child or surviving spouse of a 
deceased adopted or surrendered person, or of a birth
parent, 
birth sibling, or the sibling of a deceased birth parent.  The

confidential intermediary shall not have access to any personal 
health
information protected by the Standards for Privacy of 
Individually
Identifiable Health Information adopted by the 
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services under the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 unless the 
confidential intermediary has obtained written consent from 
the
person whose information is being sought by an adult 
adopted or surrendered person or, if that person is a minor 
child,
that person's parent or guardian.  Confidential

intermediaries shall be authorized to inspect confidential 
relinquishment and
adoption records.  The confidential 
intermediary shall not be authorized to
access medical
records, 
financial records, credit records, banking records, home 
studies,
attorney file records, or other personal records.
In 
cases where a birth parent is being sought, an adoption agency 
shall inform
the confidential intermediary of any statement 
filed pursuant to Section 18.3, hereinafter referred to as "the 
18.3 statement",
indicating a desire of the surrendering birth 
parent to have identifying
information shared or to not have 
identifying information shared.  If there was
a clear statement 
of intent by the sought-after birth parent not to have

identifying information shared, the confidential intermediary 
shall discontinue
the search and inform the petitioning party 
of the sought-after relative's
intent unless the birth parent 
filed the 18.3 statement prior to the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and more than 5 
years have elapsed since the filing of the 18.3 statement. If 
the adult adopted or surrendered person is the subject of an 
18.3 statement indicating a desire not to establish contact 
which was filed more than 5 years prior to the search request, 
the confidential intermediary shall confirm the petitioner's 
desire to continue the search. Information
provided to the 
confidential intermediary by an adoption agency shall be

restricted to the full name, date of birth, place of birth, 
last known address,
 last known telephone number of the 
sought-after relative or, if applicable,
of the children or 
siblings of the sought-after relative, and the 18.3 statement.

    (h) Adoption agency disclosure of medical information. If 
the petitioner is
an adult adopted or surrendered person or the 
adoptive parent of a
minor and if the petitioner has signed a 
written authorization to disclose
personal medical 
information, an adoption agency disclosing information to a

confidential intermediary shall disclose available medical 
information about
the adopted or surrendered person from birth 
through adoption.

    (i) Duties of confidential intermediary in conducting a 
search. In
conducting
a search under this Section, the 
confidential intermediary shall first confirm
that there is no 
Denial of Information Exchange on file with the Illinois

Adoption Registry. If the petitioner is an adult child of an 
adopted or surrendered person
who is deceased, the
confidential 
intermediary shall additionally confirm that the adopted or 
surrendered person
did not file a Denial of Information 
Exchange or a Birth Parent Preference Form with Option E 
selected with the Illinois Adoption
Registry during his or her 
life. If there is a Denial on file with the Registry, the 
confidential intermediary must discontinue the search unless 
the petitioner is an adult adopted or surrendered person and 
the sought-after birth relative filed the Denial 5 years or 
more prior to the search or the birth parent has not been the 
object of a search through the State confidential intermediary 
program for 10 or more years. If the petitioner is an adult 
adopted or surrendered person and there is a Birth Parent 
Preference Form on file with the Registry and the birth parent 
who completed the form selected Option E, the confidential 
intermediary must discontinue the search unless 5 years or more 
have elapsed since the filing of the Birth Parent Preference 
Form. If the petitioner is an adult birth sibling of
an
adopted

or surrendered person or an adult sibling of a birth parent who 
is deceased,
the confidential intermediary shall
additionally 
confirm that the birth parent did not file a Denial of 
Information
Exchange or a Birth Parent Preference Form with 
Option E selected with the Registry during his or her life.  If 
the confidential
intermediary learns that a sought-after birth 
parent signed an 18.3 statement
indicating his or her intent 
not to have identifying information shared, and
did not later 
file an Information Exchange Authorization or a Birth Parent 
Preference Form with the
Registry, the confidential 
intermediary shall discontinue the search and inform
the 
petitioning party of the birth parent's intent, unless the 
petitioner is an adult adopted or surrendered person and 5 
years or more have elapsed since the birth parent signed the 
statement indicating his or her intent not to have identifying 
information shared. In cases where the birth parent filed a 
Denial of Information Exchange or Birth Parent Preference Form 
where Option E was selected, or statement indicating his or her 
intent not to have identifying information shared less than 5 
years prior to the search request and the petitioner is an 
adult adopted or surrendered person, the confidential 
intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the need to 
discontinue the search until 5 years have elapsed since the 
Denial of Information Exchange or Birth Parent Preference Form 
where Option E was selected, or statement


was filed; in cases 
where a birth parent was previously the subject of a search 
through the State confidential intermediary program, the 
confidential intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the 
need to discontinue the search until 10 years or more have 
elapsed since the initial search was closed. In cases where a 
birth parent has been the object of 2 searches through the 
State confidential intermediary program, no subsequent search 
for the birth parent shall be authorized absent a court order 
to the contrary.

    In conducting a search under this Section, the confidential 
intermediary
shall attempt to locate the relative or relatives 
from whom the petitioner has
requested information. If the 
sought-after relative is deceased
or cannot be located after a 
diligent search, the
confidential intermediary may contact 
other adult relatives of the
sought-after relative.

    The confidential intermediary shall contact a sought-after 
relative on
behalf of the petitioner in a manner that respects 
the sought-after relative's
privacy and shall inform the 
sought-after relative of the petitioner's request
for medical 
information, identifying information or contact as stated in 
the
petition. Based upon the terms of the petitioner's request, 
the confidential
intermediary shall contact a sought-after 
relative on behalf of the petitioner
and inform the 
sought-after relative of the following options:


        (1) The sought-after relative may totally reject one or 
    all of the
requests for medical information, identifying 
    information or
contact. The sought-after relative shall be 
    informed that they can
provide a medical questionnaire to 
    be forwarded to the petitioner
without releasing any 
    identifying information. The confidential
intermediary 
    shall inform the petitioner of the sought-after
relative's 
    decision to reject the sharing of information or contact.


        (2) The sought-after relative may consent to 
    completing a medical
questionnaire only. In this case, the 
    confidential intermediary
shall provide the questionnaire 
    and ask the sought-after relative to
complete it. The 
    confidential intermediary shall forward the
completed 
    questionnaire to the petitioner and inform the petitioner

    of the sought-after relative's desire to not provide any 
    additional
information.


        (3) The sought-after relative may communicate with the 
    petitioner
without having his or her identity disclosed. In 
    this case, the
confidential intermediary shall arrange the 
    desired communication
in a manner that protects the 
    identity of the sought-after relative.
The confidential 
    intermediary shall inform the petitioner of the

    sought-after relative's decision to communicate but not 
    disclose
his or her identity.


        (4) The sought-after relative may consent to initiate 
    contact with the
petitioner. If both the petitioner and the 
    sought-after relative or
relatives are eligible to 
    register with the Illinois Adoption Registry,
the 
    confidential intermediary shall provide the necessary

    application forms and request that the sought-after 
    relative
register with the Illinois Adoption Registry. If 
    either the petitioner
or the sought-after relative or 
    relatives are ineligible to register
with the Illinois 
    Adoption Registry, the confidential intermediary
shall 
    obtain written consents from both parties that they wish to

    disclose their identities to each other and to have contact 
    with
each other.

    (j) Oath. The confidential intermediary shall sign an oath 
of
confidentiality substantially as follows: "I, .........., 
being duly sworn, on
oath depose and say: As a condition of 
appointment as a confidential
intermediary, I affirm that:


        (1) I will not disclose to the petitioner,
directly or 
    indirectly, any confidential information
except in a 
    manner consistent with the
law.


        (2) I recognize that violation of this oath subjects me 
    to civil liability
and to a potential finding of contempt 
    of court.
................................

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, a Notary Public, on (insert

date)

................................."

    (k) Sanctions.


        (1) Any confidential intermediary who improperly 
    discloses
confidential information identifying a 
    sought-after relative shall be liable to
the sought-after 
    relative for damages and may also be found in contempt of

    court.


        (2) Any person who learns a sought-after
relative's 
    identity, directly or indirectly, through the use of 
    procedures
provided in this Section and who improperly 
    discloses information identifying
the sought-after 
    relative shall be liable to the sought-after relative for

    actual damages plus minimum punitive damages of $10,000.


        (3) The Department shall fine any confidential 
    intermediary who improperly
discloses
confidential 
    information in violation of item (1) or (2) of this 
    subsection (k)
an amount up to $2,000 per improper 
    disclosure.  This fine does not affect
civil liability under 
    item (2) of this subsection (k).  The Department shall

    deposit all fines and penalties collected under this 
    Section into the Illinois
Adoption Registry and Medical 
    Information Fund.

    (l) Death of person being sought. Notwithstanding any other 
provision
of this Act, if the confidential intermediary 
discovers that the person
being sought has died, he or she 
shall report this fact to the court,
along with a copy of the 
death certificate. If the sought-after relative is a birth 
parent, the confidential intermediary shall also forward a copy 
of the birth parent's death certificate, if available, to the 
Registry for inclusion in the Registry file.

    (m) Any confidential information obtained by the 
confidential intermediary
during the course of his or her 
search shall be kept strictly confidential
and shall be used 
for the purpose of arranging contact between the
petitioner and 
the sought-after birth relative. At the time the case is

closed, all identifying information shall be returned to the 
court for
inclusion in the impounded adoption file.

    (n) If the petitioner is an adopted or surrendered person 
21 years of age or over or the
adoptive parent or legal 
guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age
of 
21, any
non-identifying information, as defined in Section 
18.4, that is
ascertained during the course of the search may 
be given in writing to
the petitioner at any time during the 
search before the case is closed.

    (o) Except as provided in subsection (k) of this Section, 
no liability shall
accrue to
the State, any State agency, any 
judge, any officer or employee of the
court, any certified 
confidential intermediary, or any agency designated
to oversee 
confidential intermediary services for acts, omissions, or

efforts made in good faith within the scope of this Section.

    (p) An adoption agency that has received a request from a 
confidential intermediary for the full name, date of birth, 
last known address, or last known telephone number of a 
sought-after relative pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 
18.3a, or for medical information regarding a sought-after 
relative pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 18.3a, must 
satisfactorily comply with this court order  within a period of 
45 days. The court shall order the adoption agency to reimburse 
the petitioner in an amount equal to all payments made by the 
petitioner to the confidential intermediary, and the adoption 
agency shall be subject to a civil monetary penalty of $1,000 
to be paid to the Department of Children and Family Services. 
Following the issuance of a court order finding that the 
adoption agency has not complied with Section 18.3, the 
adoption agency shall be subject to a monetary penalty of $500 
per day for each subsequent day of non-compliance. Proceeds 
from such fines shall be utilized by the Department of Children 
and Family Services to subsidize the fees of petitioners as 
referenced in subsection (d) of this Section.
    (q) Provide information to eligible petitioner. The 
confidential intermediary may provide to eligible petitioners 
as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the 
name of the child welfare agency which had legal custody of the 
surrendered person or responsibility for placing the 
surrendered person and any available contact information for 
such agency.  In addition, the confidential intermediary may 
provide to such petitioners the name of the state in which the 
surrender occurred or in which the adoption was finalized. 
    Any reimbursements and fines, notwithstanding any 
reimbursement directly to the petitioner, paid under this 
subsection are in addition to other remedies a court may 
otherwise impose by law.
    The Department of Children and Family Services shall submit 
reports to the Adoption Advisory Council Confidential 
Intermediary Advisory Council by July 1 and January 1 of each 
year in order to report the penalties assessed and collected 
under this subsection, the amounts of related deposits into the 
DCFS Children's Services Fund, and any expenditures from such 
deposits.

(Source: P.A. 96-661, eff. 8-25-09; 96-895, eff. 5-21-10; 
97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)

 

    (750 ILCS 50/18.07 rep.)

    Section 15. The Adoption Act is amended  by repealing 
Section 18.07.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2013, except this Section and
Section 5 take effect upon 
becoming law.