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Public Act 91-0573
HB2727 Enrolled LRB9103038SMdv
AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by adding Section 14b.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by adding Section
14b as follows:
(750 ILCS 50/14b new)
Sec. 14b. Death of intended adoptive parent prior to
entry of judgment. After any court has acquired jurisdiction
over the person of any intended adoptive parent in an
adoption proceeding, if the intended adoptive parent dies
before entry of final judgment, upon petition by the other
intended adoptive parent or the child's guardian ad litem
suggesting the death of the intended adoptive parent and
asking that the court proceed in absence of the deceased
intended adoptive parent to enter a final judgment, in the
presence of the other intended adoptive parent or the child
to be adopted who is a party to the record, the court shall
proceed to hearing and final judgment to enable the child to
have the intended name by adoption. Otherwise the court may
dismiss the proceeding.
This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall
apply to all cases in which the court acquired jurisdiction
of the person of any intended adoptive parent in an adoption
proceeding, if such jurisdiction was acquired on or after
November 1, 1997.
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