93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6271

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 50/3   from Ch. 40, par. 1504

    Amends the Adoption Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning who may be adopted.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT in relation to family law.
 
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 Section
5 3 as follows:
 
6     (750 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
7     Sec. 3. Who may be adopted.
8     A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted,
9 provided the other conditions set forth in this Act are met,
10 and further provided, with respect to an adult, that the such
11 adult has resided in the home of the persons intending to adopt
12 him at any time for more than 2 years continuously preceding
13 the commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in the
14 alternative that the such persons are related to him within a
15 degree set forth in the definition of a related child in
16 Section 1 of this Act.
17 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)