HB5414 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5414

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 50/3

from Ch. 40, par. 1504

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

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil 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 the other conditions set forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with respect to an adult, that 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 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.)