Rep. Terra Costa Howard

Filed: 4/10/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2816

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2816 by replacing
3line 16 on page 3 through line 5 on page 4 with the following:
 
4"discretion of the court. No guardian ad litem fee or cost
5shall be assessed against the Office of the State Guardian, the
6public guardian, an adult protective services agency, the
7Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency
8designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection
9and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act.
10If the respondent is unable to pay the fee of the guardian ad
11litem or appointed counsel, or both, the court may enter an
12order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or such amounts
13as the respondent or the respondent's estate may be unable to
14pay. However, in cases where the Office of State Guardian is
15the petitioner, consistent with Section 30 of the Guardianship
16and Advocacy Act, where the public guardian is the petitioner,
17consistent with Section 13-5 of this Act, where an adult

 

 

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1protective services agency is the petitioner, pursuant to
2Section 9 of the Adult Protective Services Act, or where the
3Department of Children and Family Services is the petitioner
4under subparagraph (d) of subsection (1) of Section 2-27 of the
5Juvenile Court Act of 1987, no guardian ad litem or legal fees
6shall be assessed against the Office of State Guardian, the
7public guardian, the adult protective services agency, or the
8Department of Children and Family Services.".