Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

Filed: 5/10/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1699

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1699 on page 1, by
3replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing
5Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 50/5)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1507)
7    Sec. 5. Petition, contents, verification, filing.
8    A. A proceeding to adopt a child, other than a related
9child, shall be commenced by the filing of a petition within 30
10days after such child has become available for adoption,
11provided that such petition may be filed at a later date by
12leave of court upon a showing that the failure to file such
13petition within such 30 day period was not due to the
14petitioners' culpable negligence or their wilful disregard of
15the provisions of this Section. In the case of a child born
16outside the United States or a territory thereof, if the

 

 

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1prospective adoptive parents of such child have been appointed
2guardians of such child by a court of competent jurisdiction in
3a country other than the United States or a territory thereof,
4such parents shall file a petition as provided in this Section
5within 30 days after entry of the child into the United States.
6A petition to adopt an adult or a related child may be filed at
7any time. A petition for adoption may include more than one
8person sought to be adopted.
9    B. A petition to adopt a child other than a related child
10shall state:
11        (a) The full names of the petitioners and, if minors,
12    their respective ages;
13        (b) The place of residence of the petitioners and the
14    length of residence of each in the State of Illinois
15    immediately preceding the filing of the petition;
16        (c) When the petitioners acquired, or intend to
17    acquire, custody of the child, and the name and address of
18    the persons or agency from whom the child was or will be
19    received;
20        (d) The name, the place and date of birth if known, and
21    the sex of the child sought to be adopted;
22        (e) The relationship, if any, of the child to each
23    petitioner;
24        (f) The names, if known, and the place of residence, if
25    known, of the parents; and whether such parents are minors,
26    or otherwise under any legal disability. The names and

 

 

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1    addresses of the parents shall be omitted and they shall
2    not be made parties defendant to the petition if (1) the
3    rights of the parents have been terminated by a court of
4    competent jurisdiction, or (2) if the child has been
5    surrendered to an agency, or (3) if the parent or parents
6    have been served with the notice provided in Section 12a of
7    this Act and said parent or parents have filed a disclaimer
8    of paternity as therein provided or have failed to file
9    such declaration of paternity or a request for notice as
10    provided in said Section, or (4) the parent is a putative
11    father or legal father of the child who has waived his
12    parental rights by signing a waiver as provided in
13    subsection S of Section 10;
14        (g) If it is alleged that the child has no living
15    parent, then the name of the guardian, if any, of such
16    child and the court which appointed such guardian;
17        (h) If it is alleged that the child has no living
18    parent and that no guardian of such child is known to
19    petitioners, then the name of a near relative, if known,
20    shall be set forth, or an allegation that no near relative
21    is known and on due inquiry cannot be ascertained by
22    petitioners;
23        (i) The name to be given the child or adult;
24        (j) That the person or agency, having authority to
25    consent under Section 8 of this Act, has consented, or has
26    indicated willingness to consent, to the adoption of the

 

 

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1    child by the petitioners, or that the person having
2    authority to consent is an unfit person and the ground
3    therefor, or that no consent is required under paragraph
4    (f) of Section 8 of this Act;
5        (k) Whatever orders, judgments or decrees have
6    heretofore been entered by any court affecting (1) adoption
7    or custody of the child, or (2) the adoptive, custodial or
8    parental rights of either petitioner, including the prior
9    denial of any petition for adoption pertaining to such
10    child, or to the petitioners, or either of them.
11    C. A petition to adopt a related child shall include the
12information specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (e),
13(f), (i) and (k) of paragraph B and a petition to adopt an
14adult shall contain the information required by sub-paragraphs
15(a), (b) and (i) of paragraph B in addition to the name, place,
16date of birth and sex of such adult.
17    D. The petition shall be verified by the petitioners.
18    E. Upon the filing of the petition the petitioners shall
19furnish the Clerk of the Court in which the petition is pending
20such information not contained in such petition as shall be
21necessary to enable the Clerk of such Court to complete a
22certificate of adoption as hereinafter provided.
23    F. A petition for standby adoption shall conform to the
24requirements of this Act with respect to petition contents,
25verification, and filing. The petition for standby adoption
26shall also state the facts concerning the consent of the

 

 

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1child's parent to the standby adoption. A petition for standby
2adoption shall include the information in paragraph B if the
3petitioner seeks to adopt a child other than a related child. A
4petition for standby adoption shall include the information in
5paragraph C if the petitioner seeks to adopt a related child or
6adult.
7(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-572, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
8    (750 ILCS 50/8)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1510)
9    Sec. 8. Consents to adoption and surrenders for purposes of
10adoption.
11    (a) Except as hereinafter provided in this Section consents
12or surrenders shall be required in all cases, unless the person
13whose consent or surrender would otherwise be required shall be
14found by the court:
15        (1) to be an unfit person as defined in Section 1 of
16    this Act, by clear and convincing evidence; or
17        (2) not to be the biological or adoptive father of the
18    child; or
19        (3) to have waived his parental rights to the child
20    under Section 12a or 12.1 or subsection S of Section 10 of
21    this Act; or
22        (4) to be the parent of an adult sought to be adopted;
23    or
24        (5) to be the father of the child as a result of
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1    12 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
2        (6) to be the father of a child who:
3            (i) is a family member of the mother of the child,
4        and the mother is under the age of 18 at the time of
5        the child's conception; for purposes of this
6        subsection, a "family member" is a parent,
7        step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, sibling,
8        or cousin of the first degree, whether by whole blood,
9        half-blood, or adoption, as well as a person age 18 or
10        over at the time of the child's conception who has
11        resided in the household with the mother continuously
12        for at least one year; or
13            (ii) is at least 5 years older than the child's
14        mother, and the mother was under the age of 17 at the
15        time of the child's conception, unless the mother and
16        father voluntarily acknowledge the father's paternity
17        of the child by marrying or by establishing the
18        father's paternity by consent of the parties pursuant
19        to the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to a
20        substantially similar statute in another state.
21        A criminal conviction of any offense pursuant to
22    Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 is not required.
23    (b) Where consents are required in the case of an adoption
24of a minor child, the consents of the following persons shall
25be sufficient:
26        (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and

 

 

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1            (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
2                (i) was married to the mother on the date of
3            birth of the child or within 300 days before the
4            birth of the child, except for a husband or former
5            husband who has been found by a court of competent
6            jurisdiction not to be the biological father of the
7            child; or
8                (ii) is the father of the child under a
9            judgment for adoption, an order of parentage, or an
10            acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
11            to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois
12            Parentage Act of 1984; or
13                (iii) in the case of a child placed with the
14            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
15            openly lived with the child, the child's
16            biological mother, or both, and held himself out to
17            be the child's biological father during the first
18            30 days following the birth of the child; or
19                (iv) in the case of a child placed with the
20            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
21            made a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount
22            of the expenses related to the birth of the child
23            and to provide a reasonable amount for the
24            financial support of the child before the
25            expiration of 30 days following the birth of the
26            child, provided that the court may consider in its

 

 

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1            determination all relevant circumstances,
2            including the financial condition of both
3            biological parents; or
4                (v) in the case of a child placed with the
5            adopting parents more than 6 months after birth,
6            has maintained substantial and continuous or
7            repeated contact with the child as manifested by:
8            (I) the payment by the father toward the support of
9            the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according
10            to the father's means, and either (II) the father's
11            visiting the child at least monthly when
12            physically and financially able to do so and not
13            prevented from doing so by the person or authorized
14            agency having lawful custody of the child, or (III)
15            the father's regular communication with the child
16            or with the person or agency having the care or
17            custody of the child, when physically and
18            financially unable to visit the child or prevented
19            from doing so by the person or authorized agency
20            having lawful custody of the child. The subjective
21            intent of the father, whether expressed or
22            otherwise unsupported by evidence of acts
23            specified in this sub-paragraph as manifesting
24            such intent, shall not preclude a determination
25            that the father failed to maintain substantial and
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1                (vi) in the case of a child placed with the
2            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
3            openly lived with the child for a period of six
4            months within the one year period immediately
5            preceding the placement of the child for adoption
6            and openly held himself out to be the father of the
7            child; or
8                (vii) has timely registered with Putative
9            Father Registry, as provided in Section 12.1 of
10            this Act, and prior to the expiration of 30 days
11            from the date of such registration, commenced
12            legal proceedings to establish paternity under the
13            Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or under the law of
14            the jurisdiction of the child's birth; or
15        (2) The legal guardian of the person of the child, if
16    there is no surviving parent; or
17        (3) An agency, if the child has been surrendered for
18    adoption to such agency; or
19        (4) Any person or agency having legal custody of a
20    child by court order if the parental rights of the parents
21    have been judicially terminated, and the court having
22    jurisdiction of the guardianship of the child has
23    authorized the consent to the adoption; or
24        (5) The execution and verification of the petition by
25    any petitioner who is also a parent of the child sought to
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1    consent to the adoption.
2    (c) Where surrenders to an agency are required in the case
3of a placement for adoption of a minor child by an agency, the
4surrenders of the following persons shall be sufficient:
5        (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and
6            (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
7                (i) was married to the mother on the date of
8            birth of the child or within 300 days before the
9            birth of the child, except for a husband or former
10            husband who has been found by a court of competent
11            jurisdiction not to be the biological father of the
12            child; or
13                (ii) is the father of the child under a
14            judgment for adoption, an order of parentage, or an
15            acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
16            to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois
17            Parentage Act of 1984; or
18                (iii) in the case of a child placed with the
19            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
20            openly lived with the child, the child's
21            biological mother, or both, and held himself out to
22            be the child's biological father during the first
23            30 days following the birth of a child; or
24                (iv) in the case of a child placed with the
25            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
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1            of the expenses related to the birth of the child
2            and to provide a reasonable amount for the
3            financial support of the child before the
4            expiration of 30 days following the birth of the
5            child, provided that the court may consider in its
6            determination all relevant circumstances,
7            including the financial condition of both
8            biological parents; or
9                (v) in the case of a child placed with the
10            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
11            has maintained substantial and continuous or
12            repeated contact with the child as manifested by:
13            (I) the payment by the father toward the support of
14            the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according
15            to the father's means, and either (II) the father's
16            visiting the child at least monthly when
17            physically and financially able to do so and not
18            prevented from doing so by the person or authorized
19            agency having lawful custody of the child or (III)
20            the father's regular communication with the child
21            or with the person or agency having the care or
22            custody of the child, when physically and
23            financially unable to visit the child or prevented
24            from doing so by the person or authorized agency
25            having lawful custody of the child. The subjective
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1            otherwise, unsupported by evidence of acts
2            specified in this sub-paragraph as manifesting
3            such intent, shall not preclude a determination
4            that the father failed to maintain substantial and
5            continuous or repeated contact with the child; or
6                (vi) in the case of a child placed with the
7            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
8            openly lived with the child for a period of six
9            months within the one year period immediately
10            preceding the placement of the child for adoption
11            and openly held himself out to be the father of the
12            child; or
13                (vii) has timely registered with the Putative
14            Father Registry, as provided in Section 12.1 of
15            this Act, and prior to the expiration of 30 days
16            from the date of such registration, commenced
17            legal proceedings to establish paternity under the
18            Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, or under the law of
19            the jurisdiction of the child's birth.
20    (d) In making a determination under subparagraphs (b)(1)
21and (c)(1), no showing shall be required of diligent efforts by
22a person or agency to encourage the father to perform the acts
23specified therein.
24    (e) In the case of the adoption of an adult, only the
25consent of such adult shall be required.
26(Source: P.A. 93-510, eff. 1-1-04; 94-530, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

 

 

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1    (750 ILCS 50/9)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)
2    Sec. 9. Time for signing a waiver, taking a consent, or
3surrender.
4    A. A consent or a surrender signed taken not less than 72
5hours after the birth of the child is irrevocable except as
6provided in Section 11 of this Act.
7    B. No consent or surrender shall be signed taken within the
872 hour period immediately following the birth of the child.
9    C. A consent or a surrender may be signed by taken from the
10father prior to the birth of the child. Such consent or
11surrender shall be revoked if, within 72 hours after the birth
12of the child, the father who gave such consent or surrender,
13notifies in writing the person, agency or court representative
14who acknowledged took the surrender or consent or any
15individual representing or connected with such person, agency
16or court representative of the revocation of the consent or
17surrender.
18    D. Any consent or surrender signed taken in accordance with
19paragraph C above which is not revoked within 72 hours after
20the birth of the child is irrevocable except as provided in
21Section 11 of this Act.
22    E. Consent may be given to a standby adoption by a parent
23whose consent is required pursuant to Section 8 of this Act to
24become effective when the consenting parent of the child dies
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1entered.
2    F. A waiver as provided in subsection S of Section 10 of
3this Act may be signed by a putative father or legal father of
4the child at any time prior to or after the birth of the child.
5A waiver is irrevocable except as provided in Section 11 of
6this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 93-732, eff. 1-1-05.)"; and
 
8on page 32, below line 25, by inserting the following:
 
9    "(750 ILCS 50/11)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1513)
10    Sec. 11. Consents, surrenders, waivers, irrevocability.
11    (a) A consent to adoption or standby adoption by a parent,
12including a minor, executed and acknowledged in accordance with
13the provisions of Section 10 8 of this Act, or a surrender of a
14child by a parent, including a minor, to an agency for the
15purpose of adoption shall be irrevocable unless it shall have
16been obtained by fraud or duress on the part of the person
17before whom such consent, surrender, or other document
18equivalent to a surrender is acknowledged pursuant to the
19provisions of Section 10 of this Act or on the part of the
20adopting parents or their agents and a court of competent
21jurisdiction shall so find. No action to void or revoke a
22consent to or surrender for adoption, including an action based
23on fraud or duress, may be commenced after 12 months from the
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1surrender of a parent who is a minor shall not be voidable
2because of such minority.
3    (a-1) A waiver signed by a putative or legal father,
4including a minor, executed and acknowledged in accordance with
5Section 10 of this Act, shall be irrevocable unless it shall
6have been obtained by fraud or duress on the part of the
7adopting parents or their agents and a court of competent
8jurisdiction shall so find. No action to void a waiver may be
9commenced after 12 months from the date the waiver was
10executed. The waiver of a putative or legal father who is a
11minor shall not be voidable because of such minority.
12    (b) The petitioners in an adoption proceeding are entitled
13to rely upon a sworn statement of the biological mother of the
14child to be adopted identifying the father of her child. The
15affidavit shall be conclusive evidence as to the biological
16mother regarding the facts stated therein, and shall create a
17rebuttable presumption of truth as to the biological father
18only. Except as provided in Section 11 of this Act, the
19biological mother of the child shall be permanently barred from
20attacking the proceeding thereafter. The biological mother
21shall execute such affidavit in writing and under oath. The
22affidavit shall be executed by the biological mother before or
23at the time of execution of the consent or surrender, and shall
24be retained by the court and be a part of the Court's files.
25The form of affidavit shall be substantially as follows:
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AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTIFICATION

 

 

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1    I, ................., the mother of a (male or female)
2child, state under oath or affirm as follows:
3    (1) That the child was born, or is expected to be born, on
4(insert date), at ......................., in the State of
5...................
6    (2) That I reside at .................., in the City or
7Village of ..........., State of ...................
8    (3) That I am of the age of ....... years.
9    (4) That I acknowledge that I have been asked to identify
10the father of my child.
11    (5) (CHECK ONE)
12    .... I know and am identifying the biological father.
13    .... I do not know the identity of the biological father.
14    .... I am unwilling to identify the biological father.
15    (6A) If I know and am identifying the father:
16    That the name of the biological father is
17....................; his last known home address is
18............; his last known work address is
19....................; and he is ..... years of age; or he is
20deceased, having died on (insert date) at .............., in
21the State of ..................
22    (6B) If I do not know the identity of the biological
23father:
24    I do not know who the biological father is; the following
25is an explanation of why I am unable to identify him:
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1.............................................................
2..............................................................
3    (6C) If I am unwilling to identify the biological father:
4    I do not wish to name the biological father of the child
5for the following reasons:
6.............................................................
7.............................................................
8.............................................................
9    (7) The physical description of the biological father is: .
10.............................................................
11.............................................................
12    (8) I reaffirm that the information contained in paragraphs
135, 6, and 7, inclusive, is true and correct.
14    (9) I have been informed and understand that if I am
15unwilling, refuse to identify, or misidentify the biological
16father of the child, absent fraud or duress, I am permanently
17barred from attacking the proceedings for the adoption of the
18child at any time after I sign a final and irrevocable consent
19to adoption or surrender for purposes of adoption.
20    (10) I have read this Affidavit and have had the
21opportunity to review and question it; it was explained to me
22by ............................; and I am signing it as my free
23and voluntary act and understand the contents and the results
24of signing it.
25    Dated (insert date).
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1
Signature
2    Under penalties as provided by law under Section 1-109 of
3the Code of Civil Procedure, the undersigned certifies that the
4statements set forth in this Affidavit are true and correct.
5
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6
Signature
7(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-572, eff. 1-1-00.)".