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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5413 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 50/4 | from Ch. 40, par. 1505 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
jurisdiction and venue.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5413 | | LRB097 19583 AJO 64837 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 | | 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1505)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4. Jurisdiction and venue.
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| 8 | | An adoption proceeding may be commenced in the
the circuit |
| 9 | | court of the
county in which petitioners reside, or the county |
| 10 | | in which the person to be
adopted resides, or was born, or the |
| 11 | | county in which the parents of such
person reside, provided, |
| 12 | | however, if an agency has acquired the custody and
control of a |
| 13 | | child and such agency is authorized to consent to the adoption
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| 14 | | of such child, the proceeding may be commenced in any county, |
| 15 | | and provided
further that if a guardian of the person of such |
| 16 | | child has been appointed
by a court of competent jurisdiction, |
| 17 | | the proceeding may be commenced in
any county. |
| 18 | | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)
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