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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the exception to the requirement of consents or surrenders for adoption for a person found by the court to be the father of the child as a result of criminal sexual abuse or assault applies when the sexual abuse or assault results in (i) a founded, cleared, or suspended police report, (ii) an indicated report of child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother, or (iii) a sworn affidavit provided by a licensed psychologist or a licensed social worker.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a consent or surrender for adoption is not required from a person found by the court to have been indicated for child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother or a person found to be at least 5 years older than the mother and the mother was under the age of 17 at the time of conception of the child to be adopted.
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