093_HB0550
LRB093 06195 LCB 06305 b
1 AN ACT concerning adoption.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing
5 Section 4 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1505)
7 Sec. 4. Jurisdiction and venue.
8 An adoption proceeding may be commenced in the circuit
9 court of the county in which petitioners reside, or the
10 county in which the person to be adopted resides, or was
11 born, or the county in which the parents of thesuch person
12 reside, provided, however, if an agency has acquired the
13 custody and control of a child and thesuch agency is
14 authorized to consent to the adoption of thesuch child, the
15 proceeding may be commenced in any county, and provided
16 further that if a guardian of the person of thesuch child
17 has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
18 proceeding may be commenced in any county.
19 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)