Public Act 90-0349 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0349

SB619 Enrolled                                LRB9002815SMkbB

    AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by changing Section 13.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Adoption  Act  is  amended by changing
Section 13 as follows:

    (750 ILCS 50/13) (from Ch. 40, par. 1516)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-686)
    Sec. 13.  Interim order. As soon as practicable after the
filing of a petition for adoption  the  court  shall  hold  a
hearing for the following purposes:
    A.  In  other  than  an adoption of a related child or an
adoption through an agency, or of an adult:
         (a)  To  determine  the  validity  of  the  consent,
    provided that the execution of a consent pursuant to this
    Act shall be prima facie evidence of  its  validity,  and
    provided  that  the  validity  of  a consent shall not be
    affected by the omission therefrom of the  names  of  the
    petitioners  or  adopting parents at the time the consent
    is executed or acknowledged, and  further  provided  that
    the  execution  of  a  consent  prior  to the filing of a
    petition for adoption shall not affect its validity;
         (b)  To  determine  whether   there   is   available
    suitable  temporary  custodial care for a child sought to
    be adopted.
    B.  In all cases:
         (a)  The court shall appoint some licensed  attorney
    other  than  the  State's attorney acting in his official
    capacity as guardian ad litem to represent a child sought
    to be adopted. Such guardian ad litem shall have power to
    consent to the adoption of the child, if such consent  is
    required;
         (b)  The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for
    all  named  minors  or  defendants  who are persons under
    legal disability, if any.
         (c)  If the petition alleges a person  to  be  unfit
    pursuant   to  the  provisions  of  subparagraph  (p)  of
    paragraph D of Section 1 of this Act, such  person  shall
    be represented by counsel.  If such person is indigent or
    an  appearance  has not been entered on his behalf at the
    time the matter is  set  for  hearing,  the  court  shall
    appoint  as  counsel  for him either the Guardianship and
    Advocacy Commission, the public defender, or, only if  no
    attorney from the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission or
    the public defender is available, an attorney licensed to
    practice law in this State.
         (d)  If  it  is  proved  to  the satisfaction of the
    court,  after  such  investigation  as  the  court  deems
    necessary,  that  termination  of  parental  rights   and
    temporary  commitment  of  the child to an agency or to a
    person  deemed  competent   by   the   court,   including
    petitioners,  will  be  for the welfare of the child, the
    court may order the child to  be  so  committed  and  may
    terminate  the parental rights of the parents and declare
    the child a ward of the court or, if it is not so proved,
    the court may enter such other order  as  it  shall  deem
    necessary and advisable.
         (e)  Before  an  interim  custody  order  is granted
    under this Section, service of summons shall be had  upon
    the   parent  or  parents  whose  rights  have  not  been
    terminated,  except  as  provided  in   subsection   (f).
    Reasonable  notice  and  opportunity to be heard shall be
    given to the parent or parents after service  of  summons
    when  the  address of the parent or parents is available.
    The party seeking an interim custody order shall make all
    reasonable efforts to locate the parent or parents of the
    child or children they are seeking to adopt and to notify
    the parent or parents  of  the  party's  request  for  an
    interim custody order pursuant to this Section.
         (f)  An interim custody order may be granted without
    notice  upon  presentation  to  the  court  of  a written
    petition, accompanied by an affidavit, stating that there
    is an immediate danger to the child and that  irreparable
    harm  will  result to the child if notice is given to the
    parent or  parents  or  legal  guardian.  Upon  making  a
    finding that there is an immediate danger to the child if
    service  of  process is had upon and notice of hearing is
    given to the parent or parents or legal guardian prior to
    the entry of  an  order  granting  temporary  custody  to
    someone  other than a parent or legal guardian, the court
    may enter an  order  of  temporary  custody  which  shall
    expire  not  more than 10 days after its entry.  Every ex
    parte custody order granted without  notice  shall  state
    the  injury  which  the court sought to avoid by granting
    the  order,  the  irreparable  injury  that  would   have
    occurred  had notice been given, and the reason the order
    was granted without notice. The matter shall be set  down
    for  full  hearing  before the expiration of the ex parte
    order and will be heard after service of summons  is  had
    upon  and  notice  of  hearing  is given to the parent or
    parents or legal guardian. At the hearing the  burden  of
    proof  shall  be  upon  the  party  seeking to extend the
    interim custody order to show that the order was properly
    granted without notice and  that  custody  should  remain
    with  the  party  seeking to adopt during the pendency of
    the adoption proceeding.  If the interim custody order is
    extended, the reasons for granting the extension shall be
    stated in the order.
    C.  In the case of a child born outside the United States
or a territory thereof, if the  petitioners  have  previously
been  appointed  guardians  of  such  child  by  a  court  of
competent  jurisdiction  in  a  country other than the United
States or a territory thereof, the court may order  that  the
petitioners continue as guardians of such child.
(Source: P.A. 89-644, eff. 1-1-97.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-686)
    Sec. 13.  Interim order. As soon as practicable after the
filing  of  a  petition  for  adoption the court shall hold a
hearing for the following purposes:
    A.  In other than an adoption of a related  child  or  an
adoption through an agency, or of an adult:
         (a)  To  determine  the  validity  of  the  consent,
    provided that the execution of a consent pursuant to this
    Act  shall  be  prima facie evidence of its validity, and
    provided that the validity of  a  consent  shall  not  be
    affected  by  the  omission therefrom of the names of the
    petitioners or adopting parents at the time  the  consent
    is  executed  or  acknowledged, and further provided that
    the execution of a consent  prior  to  the  filing  of  a
    petition for adoption shall not affect its validity.;
         (b)  To   determine   whether   there  is  available
    suitable temporary custodial care for a child  sought  to
    be adopted.
    B.  In all cases:
         (a)  The  court shall appoint some licensed attorney
    other than the State's attorney  acting  in  his  or  her
    official  capacity  as  guardian  ad litem to represent a
    child sought to be adopted.  Such guardian ad litem shall
    have power to consent to the adoption of  the  child,  if
    such consent is required.;
         (b)  The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for
    all  named  minors  or  defendants  who are persons under
    legal disability, if any.
         (c)  If the petition alleges a person  to  be  unfit
    pursuant   to  the  provisions  of  subparagraph  (p)  of
    paragraph D of Section 1 of this Act, such  person  shall
    be represented by counsel.  If such person is indigent or
    an  appearance  has not been entered on his behalf at the
    time the matter is  set  for  hearing,  the  court  shall
    appoint  as  counsel  for him either the Guardianship and
    Advocacy Commission, the public defender, or, only if  no
    attorney from the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission or
    the public defender is available, an attorney licensed to
    practice law in this State.
         (d)  If  it  is  proved  to  the satisfaction of the
    court,  after  such  investigation  as  the  court  deems
    necessary,  that  termination  of  parental  rights   and
    temporary  commitment  of  the child to an agency or to a
    person  deemed  competent   by   the   court,   including
    petitioners,  will  be  for the welfare of the child, the
    court may order the child to  be  so  committed  and  may
    terminate  the parental rights of the parents and declare
    the child a ward of the court or, if it is not so proved,
    the court may enter such other order  as  it  shall  deem
    necessary and advisable.
         (e)  Before  an  interim  custody  order  is granted
    under this Section, service of summons shall be had  upon
    the   parent  or  parents  whose  rights  have  not  been
    terminated,  except  as  provided  in   subsection   (f).
    Reasonable  notice  and  opportunity to be heard shall be
    given to the parent or parents after service  of  summons
    when  the  address of the parent or parents is available.
    The party seeking an interim custody order shall make all
    reasonable efforts to locate the parent or parents of the
    child or children they are seeking to adopt and to notify
    the parent or parents  of  the  party's  request  for  an
    interim custody order pursuant to this Section.
         (f)  An interim custody order may be granted without
    notice  upon  presentation  to  the  court  of  a written
    petition, accompanied by an affidavit, stating that there
    is an immediate danger to the child and that  irreparable
    harm  will  result to the child if notice is given to the
    parent or  parents  or  legal  guardian.  Upon  making  a
    finding that there is an immediate danger to the child if
    service  of  process is had upon and notice of hearing is
    given to the parent or parents or legal guardian prior to
    the entry of  an  order  granting  temporary  custody  to
    someone  other than a parent or legal guardian, the court
    may enter an  order  of  temporary  custody  which  shall
    expire  not  more than 10 days after its entry.  Every ex
    parte custody order granted without  notice  shall  state
    the  injury  which  the court sought to avoid by granting
    the  order,  the  irreparable  injury  that  would   have
    occurred  had notice been given, and the reason the order
    was granted without notice. The matter shall be set  down
    for  full  hearing  before the expiration of the ex parte
    order and will be heard after service of summons  is  had
    upon  and  notice  of  hearing  is given to the parent or
    parents or legal guardian. At the hearing the  burden  of
    proof  shall  be  upon  the  party  seeking to extend the
    interim custody order to show that the order was properly
    granted without notice and  that  custody  should  remain
    with  the  party  seeking to adopt during the pendency of
    the adoption proceeding.  If the interim custody order is
    extended, the reasons for granting the extension shall be
    stated in the order.
    C.  In the case of a child born outside the United States
or a territory thereof, if the  petitioners  have  previously
been  appointed  guardians  of  such  child  by  a  court  of
competent  jurisdiction  in  a  country other than the United
States or a territory thereof, the court may order  that  the
petitioners continue as guardians of such child.
(Source:  P.A.  89-644,  eff.  1-1-97;  89-686,  eff. 6-1-97;
revised 1-14-97.)

    Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
any other Public Act.

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