HB6271 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to family law.

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 3 as follows:

(750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)

Sec. 3. Who may be adopted.

A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted, provided the other conditions set forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with respect to an adult, that the such adult has resided in the home of the persons intending to adopt him at any time for more than 2 years continuously preceding the commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in the alternative that the such persons are related to him within a degree set forth in the definition of a related child in Section 1 of this Act.

(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)