96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0558

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/35.2   from Ch. 23, par. 5035.2
705 ILCS 405/1-2   from Ch. 37, par. 801-2
750 ILCS 50/1   from Ch. 40, par. 1501

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that if (i) a child is found to be an abused minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, (ii) the perpetrator of the abuse was the child's parent, (iii) the parent was convicted of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing, and (iv) the child who has been found to be an abused minor was the child who resided or was present at the place where the methamphetamine was manufactured or was endangered by the manufacture of the methamphetamine, then the Department of Children and Family Services shall cause to be filed a petition seeking termination of the parent's parental rights. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to provide that conviction of a person of aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing under similar circumstances is an aggravating circumstance under which it may be appropriate to expedite termination of the person's parental rights. Amends the Adoption Act add similar provisions with respect to depravity as a ground of unfitness and with respect to the definition of "abused child". Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority.


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1     AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5 by changing Section 35.2 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 505/35.2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5035.2)
7     Sec. 35.2. If a child has been found to be an abused minor
8 under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21 of
9 the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and the perpetrator of the
10 abuse was the child's parent, and (i) such parent has been
11 convicted of aggravated battery of the child or (ii) such
12 parent has been convicted of aggravated participation in
13 methamphetamine manufacturing under subdivision (b) (1) (B) of
14 Section 15 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
15 Protection Act and the child who has been found to be an abused
16 minor was the child who resided or was present at the place
17 when the methamphetamine was manufactured or who was endangered
18 by the manufacture of the methamphetamine, and the child has
19 been committed to the Department of Children and Family
20 Services for care and service under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile
21 Court Act or Section 2-27 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987,
22 the Department shall cause to be filed a petition seeking the
23 termination of such parent's parental rights pursuant to "An

 

 

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1 Act in relation to the adoption of persons, and to repeal an
2 Act therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as amended, or
3 under Section 2-29 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and the
4 Department shall also seek placement of the child with suitable
5 adoptive parents.
6     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
7 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
8 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
9 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
10 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
11 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-403.)
 
13     Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
14 changing Section 1-2 as follows:
 
15     (705 ILCS 405/1-2)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-2)
16     Sec. 1-2. Purpose and policy.
17     (1) The purpose of this Act is to secure for each minor
18 subject hereto such care and guidance, preferably in his or her
19 own home, as will serve the safety and moral, emotional,
20 mental, and physical welfare of the minor and the best
21 interests of the community; to preserve and strengthen the
22 minor's family ties whenever possible, removing him or her from
23 the custody of his or her parents only when his or her safety
24 or welfare or the protection of the public cannot be adequately

 

 

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1 safeguarded without removal; if the child is removed from the
2 custody of his or her parent, the Department of Children and
3 Family Services immediately shall consider concurrent
4 planning, as described in Section 5 of the Children and Family
5 Services Act so that permanency may occur at the earliest
6 opportunity; consideration should be given so that if
7 reunification fails or is delayed, the placement made is the
8 best available placement to provide permanency for the child;
9 and, when the minor is removed from his or her own family, to
10 secure for him or her custody, care and discipline as nearly as
11 possible equivalent to that which should be given by his or her
12 parents, and in cases where it should and can properly be done
13 to place the minor in a family home so that he or she may become
14 a member of the family by legal adoption or otherwise. Provided
15 that a ground for unfitness under the Adoption Act can be met,
16 it may be appropriate to expedite termination of parental
17 rights:
18         (a) when reasonable efforts are inappropriate, or have
19     been provided and were unsuccessful, and there are
20     aggravating circumstances including, but not limited to,
21     those cases in which (i) the child or another child of that
22     child's parent was (A) abandoned, (B) tortured, or (C)
23     chronically abused or (ii) the parent is criminally
24     convicted of (A) first degree murder or second degree
25     murder of any child, (B) attempt or conspiracy to commit
26     first degree murder or second degree murder of any child,

 

 

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1     (C) solicitation to commit murder, solicitation to commit
2     murder for hire, solicitation to commit second degree
3     murder of any child, or aggravated assault in violation of
4     subdivision (a)(13) of Section 12-2 of the Criminal Code of
5     1961, or (D) aggravated criminal sexual assault in
6     violation of Section 12-14(b)(1) of the Criminal Code of
7     1961, or (E) aggravated participation in methamphetamine
8     manufacturing under subdivision (b) (1) (B) of Section 15
9     of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection
10     Act, and the minor or another child of the minor's parent
11     was the child who resided or was present at the place when
12     the methamphetamine was manufactured or who was endangered
13     by the manufacture of the methamphetamine; or
14         (b) when the parental rights of a parent with respect
15     to another child of the parent have been involuntarily
16     terminated; or
17         (c) in those extreme cases in which the parent's
18     incapacity to care for the child, combined with an
19     extremely poor prognosis for treatment or rehabilitation,
20     justifies expedited termination of parental rights.
21     (2) In all proceedings under this Act the court may direct
22 the course thereof so as promptly to ascertain the
23 jurisdictional facts and fully to gather information bearing
24 upon the current condition and future welfare of persons
25 subject to this Act. This Act shall be administered in a spirit
26 of humane concern, not only for the rights of the parties, but

 

 

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1 also for the fears and the limits of understanding of all who
2 appear before the court.
3     (3) In all procedures under this Act, the following shall
4 apply:
5         (a) The procedural rights assured to the minor shall be
6     the rights of adults unless specifically precluded by laws
7     which enhance the protection of such minors.
8         (b) Every child has a right to services necessary to
9     his or her safety and proper development, including health,
10     education and social services.
11         (c) The parents' right to the custody of their child
12     shall not prevail when the court determines that it is
13     contrary to the health, safety, and best interests of the
14     child.
15     (4) This Act shall be liberally construed to carry out the
16 foregoing purpose and policy.
17     (5) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act
18 of the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the
19 rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the
20 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and
21 procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any
22 purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is
23 unauthorized.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-704, eff. 8-16-97 (changed from 1-1-98 by P.A.
25 90-443); 90-27, eff. 1-1-98; 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-443, eff.
26 8-16-97; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 15. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section
2 1 as follows:
 
3     (750 ILCS 50/1)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1501)
4     Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the
5 context otherwise requires:
6     A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to
7 adoption under this Act.
8     B. "Related child" means a child subject to adoption where
9 either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of the
10 following relationships to the child by blood or marriage:
11 parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
12 step-grandparent, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt,
13 great-uncle, great-aunt, or cousin of first degree. A child
14 whose parent has executed a final irrevocable consent to
15 adoption or a final irrevocable surrender for purposes of
16 adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
17 terminated, is not a related child to that person, unless the
18 consent is determined to be void or is void pursuant to
19 subsection O of Section 10.
20     C. "Agency" for the purpose of this Act means a public
21 child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
22     D. "Unfit person" means any person whom the court shall
23 find to be unfit to have a child, without regard to the
24 likelihood that the child will be placed for adoption. The

 

 

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1 grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following,
2 except that a person shall not be considered an unfit person
3 for the sole reason that the person has relinquished a child in
4 accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act:
5         (a) Abandonment of the child.
6         (a-1) Abandonment of a newborn infant in a hospital.
7         (a-2) Abandonment of a newborn infant in any setting
8     where the evidence suggests that the parent intended to
9     relinquish his or her parental rights.
10         (b) Failure to maintain a reasonable degree of
11     interest, concern or responsibility as to the child's
12     welfare.
13         (c) Desertion of the child for more than 3 months next
14     preceding the commencement of the Adoption proceeding.
15         (d) Substantial neglect of the child if continuous or
16     repeated.
17         (d-1) Substantial neglect, if continuous or repeated,
18     of any child residing in the household which resulted in
19     the death of that child.
20         (e) Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
21         (f) There is a rebuttable presumption, which can be
22     overcome only by clear and convincing evidence, that a
23     parent is unfit if:
24             (1) Two or more findings of physical abuse have
25         been entered regarding any children under Section 2-21
26         of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the most recent of

 

 

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1         which was determined by the juvenile court hearing the
2         matter to be supported by clear and convincing
3         evidence; or
4             (2) The parent has been convicted or found not
5         guilty by reason of insanity and the conviction or
6         finding resulted from the death of any child by
7         physical abuse; or
8             (3) There is a finding of physical child abuse
9         resulting from the death of any child under Section
10         2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
11             No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant
12         to Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be
13         considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of
14         applying any presumption under this item (f).
15         (g) Failure to protect the child from conditions within
16     his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
17         (h) Other neglect of, or misconduct toward the child;
18     provided that in making a finding of unfitness the court
19     hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound by any
20     previous finding, order or judgment affecting or
21     determining the rights of the parents toward the child
22     sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except such
23     proceedings terminating parental rights as shall be had
24     under either this Act, the Juvenile Court Act or the
25     Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
26         (i) Depravity. Conviction of any one of the following

 

 

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1     crimes shall create a presumption that a parent is depraved
2     which can be overcome only by clear and convincing
3     evidence: (1) first degree murder in violation of paragraph
4     1 or 2 of subsection (a) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
5     Code of 1961 or conviction of second degree murder in
6     violation of subsection (a) of Section 9-2 of the Criminal
7     Code of 1961 of a parent of the child to be adopted; (2)
8     first degree murder or second degree murder of any child in
9     violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; (3) attempt or
10     conspiracy to commit first degree murder or second degree
11     murder of any child in violation of the Criminal Code of
12     1961; (4) solicitation to commit murder of any child,
13     solicitation to commit murder of any child for hire, or
14     solicitation to commit second degree murder of any child in
15     violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; (5) predatory
16     criminal sexual assault of a child in violation of Section
17     12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (6) heinous battery
18     of any child in violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
19     (7) aggravated battery of any child in violation of the
20     Criminal Code of 1961; or (8) aggravated participation in
21     methamphetamine manufacturing in violation of subdivision
22     (b) (1) (B) of Section 15 of the Methamphetamine Control
23     and Community Protection Act, where any child resided or
24     was present at the place when the methamphetamine was
25     manufactured or was endangered by the manufacture of the
26     methamphetamine.

 

 

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1         There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
2     depraved if the parent has been criminally convicted of at
3     least 3 felonies under the laws of this State or any other
4     state, or under federal law, or the criminal laws of any
5     United States territory; and at least one of these
6     convictions took place within 5 years of the filing of the
7     petition or motion seeking termination of parental rights.
8         There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
9     depraved if that parent has been criminally convicted of
10     either first or second degree murder of any person as
11     defined in the Criminal Code of 1961 within 10 years of the
12     filing date of the petition or motion to terminate parental
13     rights.
14         No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant to
15     Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be
16     considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of
17     applying any presumption under this item (i).
18         (j) Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
19         (j-1) (Blank).
20         (k) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs, other
21     than those prescribed by a physician, for at least one year
22     immediately prior to the commencement of the unfitness
23     proceeding.
24         There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
25     unfit under this subsection with respect to any child to
26     which that parent gives birth where there is a confirmed

 

 

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1     test result that at birth the child's blood, urine, or
2     meconium contained any amount of a controlled substance as
3     defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois
4     Controlled Substances Act or metabolites of such
5     substances, the presence of which in the newborn infant was
6     not the result of medical treatment administered to the
7     mother or the newborn infant; and the biological mother of
8     this child is the biological mother of at least one other
9     child who was adjudicated a neglected minor under
10     subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of
11     1987.
12         (l) Failure to demonstrate a reasonable degree of
13     interest, concern or responsibility as to the welfare of a
14     new born child during the first 30 days after its birth.
15         (m) Failure by a parent (i) to make reasonable efforts
16     to correct the conditions that were the basis for the
17     removal of the child from the parent, or (ii) to make
18     reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
19     parent within 9 months after an adjudication of neglected
20     or abused minor under Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act
21     of 1987 or dependent minor under Section 2-4 of that Act,
22     or (iii) to make reasonable progress toward the return of
23     the child to the parent during any 9-month period after the
24     end of the initial 9-month period following the
25     adjudication of neglected or abused minor under Section 2-3
26     of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or dependent minor under

 

 

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1     Section 2-4 of that Act. If a service plan has been
2     established as required under Section 8.2 of the Abused and
3     Neglected Child Reporting Act to correct the conditions
4     that were the basis for the removal of the child from the
5     parent and if those services were available, then, for
6     purposes of this Act, "failure to make reasonable progress
7     toward the return of the child to the parent" includes (I)
8     the parent's failure to substantially fulfill his or her
9     obligations under the service plan and correct the
10     conditions that brought the child into care within 9 months
11     after the adjudication under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the
12     Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and (II) the parent's failure to
13     substantially fulfill his or her obligations under the
14     service plan and correct the conditions that brought the
15     child into care during any 9-month period after the end of
16     the initial 9-month period following the adjudication
17     under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18     Notwithstanding any other provision, when a petition or
19     motion seeks to terminate parental rights on the basis of
20     item (iii) of this subsection (m), the petitioner shall
21     file with the court and serve on the parties a pleading
22     that specifies the 9-month period or periods relied on. The
23     pleading shall be filed and served on the parties no later
24     than 3 weeks before the date set by the court for closure
25     of discovery, and the allegations in the pleading shall be
26     treated as incorporated into the petition or motion.

 

 

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1     Failure of a respondent to file a written denial of the
2     allegations in the pleading shall not be treated as an
3     admission that the allegations are true.
4         (m-1) Pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, a
5     child has been in foster care for 15 months out of any 22
6     month period which begins on or after the effective date of
7     this amendatory Act of 1998 unless the child's parent can
8     prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it is more
9     likely than not that it will be in the best interests of
10     the child to be returned to the parent within 6 months of
11     the date on which a petition for termination of parental
12     rights is filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The
13     15 month time limit is tolled during any period for which
14     there is a court finding that the appointed custodian or
15     guardian failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the
16     child with his or her family, provided that (i) the finding
17     of no reasonable efforts is made within 60 days of the
18     period when reasonable efforts were not made or (ii) the
19     parent filed a motion requesting a finding of no reasonable
20     efforts within 60 days of the period when reasonable
21     efforts were not made. For purposes of this subdivision
22     (m-1), the date of entering foster care is the earlier of:
23     (i) the date of a judicial finding at an adjudicatory
24     hearing that the child is an abused, neglected, or
25     dependent minor; or (ii) 60 days after the date on which
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1     legal custodian.
2         (n) Evidence of intent to forgo his or her parental
3     rights, whether or not the child is a ward of the court,
4     (1) as manifested by his or her failure for a period of 12
5     months: (i) to visit the child, (ii) to communicate with
6     the child or agency, although able to do so and not
7     prevented from doing so by an agency or by court order, or
8     (iii) to maintain contact with or plan for the future of
9     the child, although physically able to do so, or (2) as
10     manifested by the father's failure, where he and the mother
11     of the child were unmarried to each other at the time of
12     the child's birth, (i) to commence legal proceedings to
13     establish his paternity under the Illinois Parentage Act of
14     1984 or the law of the jurisdiction of the child's birth
15     within 30 days of being informed, pursuant to Section 12a
16     of this Act, that he is the father or the likely father of
17     the child or, after being so informed where the child is
18     not yet born, within 30 days of the child's birth, or (ii)
19     to make a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount of
20     the expenses related to the birth of the child and to
21     provide a reasonable amount for the financial support of
22     the child, the court to consider in its determination all
23     relevant circumstances, including the financial condition
24     of both parents; provided that the ground for termination
25     provided in this subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be
26     available where the petition is brought by the mother or

 

 

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1     the husband of the mother.
2         Contact or communication by a parent with his or her
3     child that does not demonstrate affection and concern does
4     not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
5     subdivision (n). In the absence of evidence to the
6     contrary, the ability to visit, communicate, maintain
7     contact, pay expenses and plan for the future shall be
8     presumed. The subjective intent of the parent, whether
9     expressed or otherwise, unsupported by evidence of the
10     foregoing parental acts manifesting that intent, shall not
11     preclude a determination that the parent has intended to
12     forgo his or her parental rights. In making this
13     determination, the court may consider but shall not require
14     a showing of diligent efforts by an authorized agency to
15     encourage the parent to perform the acts specified in
16     subdivision (n).
17         It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
18     under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the father's
19     failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
20     impediments created by the mother or any other person
21     having legal custody. Proof of that fact need only be by a
22     preponderance of the evidence.
23         (o) Repeated or continuous failure by the parents,
24     although physically and financially able, to provide the
25     child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
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1     supported by competent evidence from a psychiatrist,
2     licensed clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist
3     of mental impairment, mental illness or mental retardation
4     as defined in Section 1-116 of the Mental Health and
5     Developmental Disabilities Code, or developmental
6     disability as defined in Section 1-106 of that Code, and
7     there is sufficient justification to believe that the
8     inability to discharge parental responsibilities shall
9     extend beyond a reasonable time period. However, this
10     subdivision (p) shall not be construed so as to permit a
11     licensed clinical social worker to conduct any medical
12     diagnosis to determine mental illness or mental
13     impairment.
14         (q) (Blank).
15         (r) The child is in the temporary custody or
16     guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
17     Services, the parent is incarcerated as a result of
18     criminal conviction at the time the petition or motion for
19     termination of parental rights is filed, prior to
20     incarceration the parent had little or no contact with the
21     child or provided little or no support for the child, and
22     the parent's incarceration will prevent the parent from
23     discharging his or her parental responsibilities for the
24     child for a period in excess of 2 years after the filing of
25     the petition or motion for termination of parental rights.
26         (s) The child is in the temporary custody or

 

 

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1     guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
2     Services, the parent is incarcerated at the time the
3     petition or motion for termination of parental rights is
4     filed, the parent has been repeatedly incarcerated as a
5     result of criminal convictions, and the parent's repeated
6     incarceration has prevented the parent from discharging
7     his or her parental responsibilities for the child.
8         (t) A finding that at birth the child's blood, urine,
9     or meconium contained any amount of a controlled substance
10     as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois
11     Controlled Substances Act, or a metabolite of a controlled
12     substance, with the exception of controlled substances or
13     metabolites of such substances, the presence of which in
14     the newborn infant was the result of medical treatment
15     administered to the mother or the newborn infant, and that
16     the biological mother of this child is the biological
17     mother of at least one other child who was adjudicated a
18     neglected minor under subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the
19     Juvenile Court Act of 1987, after which the biological
20     mother had the opportunity to enroll in and participate in
21     a clinically appropriate substance abuse counseling,
22     treatment, and rehabilitation program.
23     E. "Parent" means the father or mother of a lawful child of
24 the parties or child born out of wedlock. For the purpose of
25 this Act, a person who has executed a final and irrevocable
26 consent to adoption or a final and irrevocable surrender for

 

 

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1 purposes of adoption, or whose parental rights have been
2 terminated by a court, is not a parent of the child who was the
3 subject of the consent or surrender, unless the consent is void
4 pursuant to subsection O of Section 10.
5     F. A person is available for adoption when the person is:
6         (a) a child who has been surrendered for adoption to an
7     agency and to whose adoption the agency has thereafter
8     consented;
9         (b) a child to whose adoption a person authorized by
10     law, other than his parents, has consented, or to whose
11     adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section 8 of
12     this Act;
13         (c) a child who is in the custody of persons who intend
14     to adopt him through placement made by his parents;
15         (c-1) a child for whom a parent has signed a specific
16     consent pursuant to subsection O of Section 10;
17         (d) an adult who meets the conditions set forth in
18     Section 3 of this Act; or
19         (e) a child who has been relinquished as defined in
20     Section 10 of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
21     A person who would otherwise be available for adoption
22 shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
23 of his or her death.
24     G. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes
25 the singular and the "male" includes the "female", as the
26 context of this Act may require.

 

 

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1     H. "Adoption disruption" occurs when an adoptive placement
2 does not prove successful and it becomes necessary for the
3 child to be removed from placement before the adoption is
4 finalized.
5     I. "Foreign placing agency" is an agency or individual
6 operating in a country or territory outside the United States
7 that is authorized by its country to place children for
8 adoption either directly with families in the United States or
9 through United States based international agencies.
10     J. "Immediate relatives" means the biological parents, the
11 parents of the biological parents and siblings of the
12 biological parents.
13     K. "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
14 from a country other than the United States is adopted.
15     L. "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person of
16 the Department of Children and Family Services appointed by the
17 Director to coordinate the provision of services by the public
18 and private sector to prospective parents of foreign-born
19 children.
20     M. "Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children" is a
21 law enacted by most states for the purpose of establishing
22 uniform procedures for handling the interstate placement of
23 children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
24 facilities.
25     N. "Non-Compact state" means a state that has not enacted
26 the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.

 

 

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1     O. "Preadoption requirements" are any conditions
2 established by the laws or regulations of the Federal
3 Government or of each state that must be met prior to the
4 placement of a child in an adoptive home.
5     P. "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
6 family member, or any person responsible for the child's
7 welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
8 child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
9         (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
10     inflicted upon the child physical injury, by other than
11     accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
12     impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
13     impairment of any bodily function;
14         (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
15     the child by other than accidental means which would be
16     likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
17     physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
18     bodily function;
19         (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
20     against the child, as sex offenses are defined in the
21     Criminal Code of 1961 and extending those definitions of
22     sex offenses to include children under 18 years of age;
23         (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
24     torture upon the child; or
25         (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment; or
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1     methamphetamine manufacturing in violation of subdivision
2     (b) (1) (B) of Section 15 of the Methamphetamine Control
3     and Community Protection Act, where the child resided or
4     was present at the place when the methamphetamine was
5     manufactured or who was endangered by the manufacture of
6     the methamphetamine.
7     Q. "Neglected child" means any child whose parent or other
8 person responsible for the child's welfare withholds or denies
9 nourishment or medically indicated treatment including food or
10 care denied solely on the basis of the present or anticipated
11 mental or physical impairment as determined by a physician
12 acting alone or in consultation with other physicians or
13 otherwise does not provide the proper or necessary support,
14 education as required by law, or medical or other remedial care
15 recognized under State law as necessary for a child's
16 well-being, or other care necessary for his or her well-being,
17 including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or who is
18 abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for
19 the child's welfare.
20     A child shall not be considered neglected or abused for the
21 sole reason that the child's parent or other person responsible
22 for his or her welfare depends upon spiritual means through
23 prayer alone for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial
24 care as provided under Section 4 of the Abused and Neglected
25 Child Reporting Act. A child shall not be considered neglected
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1 person responsible for the child's welfare failed to vaccinate,
2 delayed vaccination, or refused vaccination for the child due
3 to a waiver on religious or medical grounds as permitted by
4 law.
5     R. "Putative father" means a man who may be a child's
6 father, but who (1) is not married to the child's mother on or
7 before the date that the child was or is to be born and (2) has
8 not established paternity of the child in a court proceeding
9 before the filing of a petition for the adoption of the child.
10 The term includes a male who is less than 18 years of age.
11 "Putative father" does not mean a man who is the child's father
12 as a result of criminal sexual abuse or assault as defined
13 under Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
14     S. "Standby adoption" means an adoption in which a parent
15 consents to custody and termination of parental rights to
16 become effective upon the occurrence of a future event, which
17 is either the death of the parent or the request of the parent
18 for the entry of a final judgment of adoption.
19     T. (Blank).
20     Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of
21 the 96th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules
22 being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois
23 Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of
24 the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule
25 not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
26 (Source: P.A. 93-732, eff. 1-1-05; 94-229, eff. 1-1-06; 94-563,

 

 

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1 eff. 1-1-06; 94-939, eff. 1-1-07.)