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| AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding |
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| Section 14.5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 10/14.5 new)
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| Sec. 14.5. Offering, providing, or co-signing a loan or |
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| other credit accommodation. No person or entity shall offer, |
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| provide, or co-sign a loan or other credit accommodation, |
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| directly or indirectly, with a biological parent or a relative |
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| of a biological parent based on the contingency of a surrender |
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| or placement of a child for adoption.
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| Section 10. The Adoption Compensation Prohibition Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 525/4.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1704.1)
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| Sec. 4.1. Payment of certain expenses.
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| (a) A person or persons who have filed or intend to file a |
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| petition to
adopt a child under the Adoption Act shall be |
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| permitted to pay the
reasonable living expenses of the |
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| biological parents of the child sought to
be adopted, in |
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| addition to those expenses set forth in Section 4, only in
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| accordance with the provisions of this Section.
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| "Reasonable living expenses" means the reasonable costs of |
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| lodging, food,
and clothing for the biological parents during |
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| the period of the biological
mother's pregnancy and for no more |
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| than 30 days after the birth of the
child. The term does not |
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| include expenses for lost wages, gifts,
educational expenses, |
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| or other similar expenses of the biological parents.
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| (b) The petitioners may seek leave of the court to pay the |
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| reasonable
living expenses of the biological parents. They |
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| shall be permitted to pay
the reasonable living expenses of the |
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| biological parents only upon prior
order of the circuit court |
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| where the petition for adoption will be filed,
or if the |
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| petition for adoption has been filed in the circuit court where
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| the petition is pending.
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| (c) Payments under this Section shall be permitted only in |
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| those
circumstances where there is a demonstrated need for the |
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| payment of such
expenses to protect the health of the |
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| biological parents or the health of
the child sought to be |
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| adopted.
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| (d) Payment of their reasonable living expenses, as |
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| provided in this
Section, shall not obligate the biological |
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| parents to place the child for
adoption. In the event the |
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| biological parents choose not to place the
child for adoption, |
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| the petitioners shall have no right to seek
reimbursement
of |
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| moneys paid to the biological parents pursuant to a court
order |
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| under this Section.
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| (d-5) No person or entity shall offer, provide, or co-sign |
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| a loan or any other credit accommodation, directly or |
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| indirectly, with a biological parent or a relative of a |
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| biological parent based on the contingency of a surrender or |
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| placement of a child for adoption.
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| (e) Within 14 days after the completion of all payments for |
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| reasonable
living expenses of the biological parents under this |
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| Section, the petitioners
shall present a final accounting of |
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| all those expenses to the court. The
accounting shall include |
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| vouchers for all moneys expended, copies of all checks
written, |
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| and receipts for all cash payments. The accounting shall also |
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| include
the verified statements of the petitioners, each |
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| attorney of record, and the
biological parents or parents to |
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| whom or on whose behalf the payments were made
attesting to the |
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| accuracy of the accounting.
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| (f) If the placement of a child for adoption is made in |
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| accordance with the
Interstate Compact on the Placement of |
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| Children, and if the sending state
permits the payment of any |
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| expenses of biological parents that are not
permitted under |
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| this Act, then the payment of those expenses shall not be a
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| violation of this Act. In that event, the petitioners shall |
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| file an accounting
of all payments of the expenses of the |
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| biological parent or
parents with the court in which the |
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| petition for adoption is filed or is to be
filed. The |
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| accounting shall include a copy of the statutory provisions of |
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| the
sending state that permit payments in addition to those |
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| permitted by this Act
and a copy of all orders entered in the |
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| sending state that relate to expenses
of the biological parents |
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| paid by the petitioners in the sending state.
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| (g) The petitioners shall be permitted to pay the |
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| reasonable attorney's fees
of the biological parents' attorney |
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| in connection with proceedings under this
Act or in connection |
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| with proceedings for the adoption of the child. The
attorney's |
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| fees shall be paid only after a petition seeking leave to pay |
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| those
fees is filed with the court in which the adoption |
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| proceeding is filed or to be
filed. The court shall review the |
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| petition for leave to pay attorney's fees,
and if the court |
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| determines that the fees requested are reasonable, the court
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| shall permit
the petitioners to pay them. If the court |
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| determines that the fees requested
are not
reasonable, the |
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| court shall determine and set the reasonable attorney's fees of
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| the biological parents' attorney which may be paid by the |
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| petitioners.
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| (h) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem for an unborn |
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| child to
represent the interests of the child in proceedings |
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| under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1129; 88-148.)
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