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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1874 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 50/2 | from Ch. 40, par. 1502 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may adopt a child.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1874 | | LRB101 11073 LNS 56279 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning adoption.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1502)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Who may
adopt a child.
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| 8 | | A. Any of the
the following persons, who is under no legal |
| 9 | | disability
(except the minority specified in sub-paragraph |
| 10 | | (b)) and who has resided in
the State of Illinois continuously |
| 11 | | for a period of at least 6 months
immediately preceding the |
| 12 | | commencement of an adoption proceeding, or any
member of the |
| 13 | | armed forces of the United States who has been domiciled in
the |
| 14 | | State of Illinois for 90 days, may
institute such proceeding: |
| 15 | | (a) A reputable person of legal age and of either sex, |
| 16 | | provided that if
such person is married or in a civil union |
| 17 | | and has not been living separate and apart from his or
her |
| 18 | | spouse or civil union partner for 12 months or longer, his |
| 19 | | or her spouse or civil union partner shall be a party to |
| 20 | | the
adoption
proceeding, including a spouse or civil union |
| 21 | | partner desiring to adopt a child of the
other spouse or |
| 22 | | civil union partner, in all of which cases the adoption |
| 23 | | shall be by both spouses or civil union partners
jointly;
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