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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5414 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 50/3 | from Ch. 40, par. 1504 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may be adopted.
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| | HB5414 | | LRB097 19584 AJO 64838 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 | | 3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.
Who may be
adopted.
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| 8 | | A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted, |
| 9 | | provided the
the other
conditions set forth in this Act are |
| 10 | | met, and further provided, with
respect to an adult, that such |
| 11 | | adult has resided in the home of the persons
intending to adopt |
| 12 | | him at any time for more than 2 years continuously
preceding |
| 13 | | the commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in the |
| 14 | | alternative
that such persons are related to him within a |
| 15 | | degree set forth in the
definition of a related child in |
| 16 | | Section 1 of this Act. |
| 17 | | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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