Juvenile Justice Reform
Filed: 3/22/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 394
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 394 by replacing | ||||||
3 | lines 5 through 23 on page 1, all of pages 2 through 6, and | ||||||
4 | lines 1 through 13 on page 7 with the following: | ||||||
5 | "adding Section 2-34 as follows:"; and
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6 | on page 8, by replacing line 8 with the following: | ||||||
7 | " (b) the minor is 14 years of age or older without a | ||||||
8 | legally recognized parent or a guardian appointed pursuant | ||||||
9 | to the Probate Act of 1975; "; and
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10 | on page 8, line 18, by inserting after " that " the following: | ||||||
11 | " the minor wishes that parentage to be reinstated and "; and | ||||||
12 | on page 9, by inserting immediately below line 11 the | ||||||
13 | following: | ||||||
14 | " (3) Any party may file a motion to dismiss the petition | ||||||
15 | with prejudice on the basis that the parent has intentionally |
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1 | acted to prevent the child from being adopted, after parental | ||||||
2 | rights were terminated or the parent intentionally acted to | ||||||
3 | disrupt the child's adoption. If the court finds by a | ||||||
4 | preponderance of the evidence that the parent has intentionally | ||||||
5 | acted to prevent the child from being adopted, after parental | ||||||
6 | rights were terminated or that the parent intentionally acted | ||||||
7 | to disrupt the child's adoption, the court shall dismiss the | ||||||
8 | petition with prejudice. "; and | ||||||
9 | on page 9, line 12, by replacing " (3) " with " (4) "; and | ||||||
10 | on page 9, line 18, by replacing " (4) " with " (5) "; and | ||||||
11 | on page 9, line 22, by replacing " (5) " with " (6) "; and | ||||||
12 | on page 9, line 23, by replacing " (4) " with " (5) "; and | ||||||
13 | on page 9, by inserting immediately after line 24 the | ||||||
14 | following: | ||||||
15 | " (7) When the court has denied a petition to reinstate | ||||||
16 | parentage filed under this Section, the court shall not | ||||||
17 | consider any subsequent petition to reinstate parentage unless | ||||||
18 | the court first finds by clear and convincing evidence that | ||||||
19 | there has been a substantial change in circumstances following | ||||||
20 | the denial of the earlier petition and that the change in | ||||||
21 | circumstances warrants consideration of the subsequent |
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1 | petition. ".
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