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90_HB0951
750 ILCS 50/1 from Ch. 40, par. 1501
Amends the Adoption Act in provisions defining unfit
parent to include a biological mother whose child at birth
had blood or urine containing any amount of a controlled
substance as defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances
Act, excluding medical treatment administered to the mother
or newborn, and who is the biological mother of at least one
other child who has been adjudicated a neglected minor under
provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 regarding
children born with evidence of controlled substances in their
blood or urine, and who thereafter had an opportunity to
participate in a drug counseling, treatment, and
rehabilitation program. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by changing Section 1.
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
5 Section 1 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1501)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
8 Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the
9 context otherwise requires:
10 A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to
11 adoption under this Act.
12 B. "Related child" means a child subject to adoption
13 where either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of
14 the following relationships to the child by blood or
15 marriage: parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
16 step-grandparent, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt,
17 great-uncle, great-aunt, or cousin of first degree. A child
18 whose parent has executed a final irrevocable consent to
19 adoption or a final irrevocable surrender for purposes of
20 adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
21 terminated, is not a related child to that person.
22 C. "Agency" for the purpose of this Act means a public
23 child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
24 D. "Unfit person" means any person whom the court shall
25 find to be unfit to have a child, without regard to the
26 likelihood that the child will be placed for adoption. The
27 grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following:
28 (a) Abandonment of the child.
29 (b) Failure to maintain a reasonable degree of
30 interest, concern or responsibility as to the child's
31 welfare.
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1 (c) Desertion of the child for more than 3 months
2 next preceding the commencement of the Adoption
3 proceeding.
4 (d) Substantial neglect of the child if continuous
5 or repeated.
6 (e) Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
7 (f) Two or more findings of physical abuse to any
8 children under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or
9 Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the most
10 recent of which was determined by the juvenile court
11 hearing the matter to be supported by clear and
12 convincing evidence; a criminal conviction resulting from
13 the death of any child by physical child abuse; or a
14 finding of physical child abuse resulting from the death
15 of any child under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act
16 or Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
17 (g) Failure to protect the child from conditions
18 within his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
19 (h) Other neglect of, or misconduct toward the
20 child; provided that in making a finding of unfitness the
21 court hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound
22 by any previous finding, order or judgment affecting or
23 determining the rights of the parents toward the child
24 sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except such
25 proceedings terminating parental rights as shall be had
26 under either this Act, the Juvenile Court Act or the
27 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
28 (i) Depravity.
29 (j) Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
30 (j-1) Conviction of first degree murder in
31 violation of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection (a) of
32 Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or conviction of
33 second degree murder in violation of subsection (a) of
34 Section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 of a parent of
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1 the child to be adopted shall create a presumption of
2 unfitness that may be overcome only by clear and
3 convincing evidence.
4 (k) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs,
5 other than those prescribed by a physician, for at least
6 one year immediately prior to the commencement of the
7 unfitness proceeding.
8 (l) Failure to demonstrate a reasonable degree of
9 interest, concern or responsibility as to the welfare of
10 a new born child during the first 30 days after its
11 birth.
12 (m) Failure by a parent to make reasonable efforts
13 to correct the conditions that were the basis for the
14 removal of the child from the parent, or to make
15 reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
16 parent within 12 months after an adjudication of
17 neglected minor, abused minor or dependent minor under
18 the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
19 (n) Evidence of intent to forego his or her
20 parental rights, whether or not the child is a ward of
21 the court, (1) as manifested by his or her failure for a
22 period of 12 months: (i) to visit the child, (ii) to
23 communicate with the child or agency, although able to do
24 so and not prevented from doing so by an agency or by
25 court order, or (iii) to maintain contact with or plan
26 for the future of the child, although physically able to
27 do so, or (2) as manifested by the father's failure,
28 where he and the mother of the child were unmarried to
29 each other at the time of the child's birth, (i) to
30 commence legal proceedings to establish his paternity
31 under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the law of
32 the jurisdiction of the child's birth within 30 days of
33 being informed, pursuant to Section 12a of this Act, that
34 he is the father or the likely father of the child or,
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1 after being so informed where the child is not yet born,
2 within 30 days of the child's birth, or (ii) to make a
3 good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount of the
4 expenses related to the birth of the child and to provide
5 a reasonable amount for the financial support of the
6 child, the court to consider in its determination all
7 relevant circumstances, including the financial condition
8 of both parents; provided that the ground for termination
9 provided in this subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be
10 available where the petition is brought by the mother or
11 the husband of the mother.
12 Contact or communication by a parent with his or her
13 child that does not demonstrate affection and concern
14 does not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
15 subdivision (n). In the absence of evidence to the
16 contrary, the ability to visit, communicate, maintain
17 contact, pay expenses and plan for the future shall be
18 presumed. The subjective intent of the parent, whether
19 expressed or otherwise, unsupported by evidence of the
20 foregoing parental acts manifesting that intent, shall
21 not preclude a determination that the parent has intended
22 to forego his or her parental rights. In making this
23 determination, the court may consider but shall not
24 require a showing of diligent efforts by an authorized
25 agency to encourage the parent to perform the acts
26 specified in subdivision (n).
27 It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
28 under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the father's
29 failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
30 impediments created by the mother or any other person
31 having legal custody. Proof of that fact need only be by
32 a preponderance of the evidence.
33 (o) repeated or continuous failure by the parents,
34 although physically and financially able, to provide the
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1 child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
2 (p) inability to discharge parental
3 responsibilities supported by competent evidence from a
4 psychiatrist, licensed clinical social worker, or
5 clinical psychologist of mental impairment, mental
6 illness or mental retardation as defined in Section 1-116
7 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,
8 or developmental disability as defined in Section 1-106
9 of that Code, and there is sufficient justification to
10 believe that the inability to discharge parental
11 responsibilities shall extend beyond a reasonable time
12 period. However, this subdivision (p) shall not be
13 construed so as to permit a licensed clinical social
14 worker to conduct any medical diagnosis to determine
15 mental illness or mental impairment.
16 (q) a finding of physical abuse of the child under
17 Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21 of
18 the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and a criminal conviction
19 of aggravated battery of the child.
20 (r) a finding that at birth the child's blood or
21 urine contained any amount of a controlled substance as
22 defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois
23 Controlled Substances Act, or a metabolite of a
24 controlled substance, with the exception of controlled
25 substances or metabolites of such substances, the
26 presence of which in the newborn infant was the result of
27 medical treatment administered to the mother or the
28 newborn infant, and that the biological mother of this
29 child is the biological mother of at least one other
30 child who was adjudicated a neglected minor under
31 subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act
32 of 1987, after which the biological mother had the
33 opportunity to participate in a drug counseling,
34 treatment, and rehabilitation program.
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1 E. "Parent" means the father or mother of a legitimate
2 or illegitimate child. For the purpose of this Act, a person
3 who has executed a final and irrevocable consent to adoption
4 or a final and irrevocable surrender for purposes of
5 adoption, or whose parental rights have been terminated by a
6 court, is not a parent of the child who was the subject of
7 the consent or surrender.
8 F. A person is available for adoption when the person
9 is:
10 (a) a child who has been surrendered for adoption
11 to an agency and to whose adoption the agency has
12 thereafter consented;
13 (b) a child to whose adoption a person authorized
14 by law, other than his parents, has consented, or to
15 whose adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section
16 8 of this Act;
17 (c) a child who is in the custody of persons who
18 intend to adopt him through placement made by his
19 parents; or
20 (d) an adult who meets the conditions set forth in
21 Section 3 of this Act.
22 A person who would otherwise be available for adoption
23 shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
24 of his or her death.
25 G. The singular includes the plural and the plural
26 includes the singular and the "male" includes the "female",
27 as the context of this Act may require.
28 H. "Adoption disruption" occurs when an adoptive
29 placement does not prove successful and it becomes necessary
30 for the child to be removed from placement before the
31 adoption is finalized.
32 I. "Foreign placing agency" is an agency or individual
33 operating in a country or territory outside the United States
34 that is authorized by its country to place children for
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1 adoption either directly with families in the United States
2 or through United States based international agencies.
3 J. "Immediate relatives" means the biological parents,
4 the parents of the biological parents and siblings of the
5 biological parents;
6 K. "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
7 from a country other than the United States is adopted.
8 L. "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person
9 of the Department of Children and Family Services appointed
10 by the Director to coordinate the provision of services by
11 the public and private sector to prospective parents of
12 foreign-born children.
13 M. "Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children" is
14 a law enacted by most states for the purpose of establishing
15 uniform procedures for handling the interstate placement of
16 children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
17 facilities.
18 N. "Non-Compact state" means a state that has not
19 enacted the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
20 O. "Preadoption requirements" are any conditions
21 established by the laws or regulations of the Federal
22 Government or of each state that must be met prior to the
23 placement of a child in an adoptive home.
24 P. "Abused child" means a child whose parent or
25 immediate family member, or any person responsible for the
26 child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home
27 as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
28 (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to
29 be inflicted upon the child physical injury, by other
30 than accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
31 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
32 impairment of any bodily function;
33 (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury
34 to the child by other than accidental means which would
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1 be likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
2 physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of
3 any bodily function;
4 (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex
5 offense against the child, as sex offenses are defined in
6 the Criminal Code of 1961 and extending those definitions
7 of sex offenses to include children under 18 years of
8 age;
9 (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or
10 acts of torture upon the child; or
11 (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
12 Q. "Neglected child" means any child whose parent or
13 other person responsible for the child's welfare withholds
14 or denies nourishment or medically indicated treatment
15 including food or care denied solely on the basis of the
16 present or anticipated mental or physical impairment as
17 determined by a physician acting alone or in consultation
18 with other physicians or otherwise does not provide the
19 proper or necessary support, education as required by law, or
20 medical or other remedial care recognized under State law as
21 necessary for a child's well-being, or other care necessary
22 for his or her well-being, including adequate food, clothing
23 and shelter; or who is abandoned by his or her parents or
24 other person responsible for the child's welfare.
25 A child shall not be considered neglected or abused for
26 the sole reason that the child's parent or other person
27 responsible for his or her welfare depends upon spiritual
28 means through prayer alone for the treatment or cure of
29 disease or remedial care as provided under Section 4 of the
30 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
31 R. "Putative father" means a man who may be a child's
32 father, but who (1) is not married to the child's mother on
33 or before the date that the child was or is to be born and
34 (2) has not established paternity of the child in a court
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1 proceeding before the filing of a petition for the adoption
2 of the child. The term includes a male who is less than 18
3 years of age.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-20; 88-550, eff. 7-3-94; 88-691, eff.
5 1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
6 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
7 Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the
8 context otherwise requires:
9 A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to
10 adoption under this Act.
11 B. "Related child" means a child subject to adoption
12 where either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of
13 the following relationships to the child by blood or
14 marriage: parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
15 step-grandparent, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt,
16 great-uncle, great-aunt, or cousin of first degree. A child
17 whose parent has executed a final irrevocable consent to
18 adoption or a final irrevocable surrender for purposes of
19 adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
20 terminated, is not a related child to that person, unless the
21 consent is void pursuant to subsection O of Section 10.
22 C. "Agency" for the purpose of this Act means a public
23 child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
24 D. "Unfit person" means any person whom the court shall
25 find to be unfit to have a child, without regard to the
26 likelihood that the child will be placed for adoption. The
27 grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following:
28 (a) Abandonment of the child.
29 (b) Failure to maintain a reasonable degree of
30 interest, concern or responsibility as to the child's
31 welfare.
32 (c) Desertion of the child for more than 3 months
33 next preceding the commencement of the Adoption
34 proceeding.
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1 (d) Substantial neglect of the child if continuous
2 or repeated.
3 (d-1) Substantial neglect, if continuous or
4 repeated, of any child residing in the household which
5 resulted in the death of that child.
6 (e) Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
7 (f) Two or more findings of physical abuse to any
8 children under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or
9 Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the most
10 recent of which was determined by the juvenile court
11 hearing the matter to be supported by clear and
12 convincing evidence; a criminal conviction or a finding
13 of not guilty by reason of insanity resulting from the
14 death of any child by physical child abuse; or a finding
15 of physical child abuse resulting from the death of any
16 child under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or
17 Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18 (g) Failure to protect the child from conditions
19 within his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
20 (h) Other neglect of, or misconduct toward the
21 child; provided that in making a finding of unfitness the
22 court hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound
23 by any previous finding, order or judgment affecting or
24 determining the rights of the parents toward the child
25 sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except such
26 proceedings terminating parental rights as shall be had
27 under either this Act, the Juvenile Court Act or the
28 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
29 (i) Depravity.
30 (j) Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
31 (j-1) Conviction of first degree murder in
32 violation of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection (a) of
33 Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or conviction of
34 second degree murder in violation of subsection (a) of
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1 Section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 of a parent of
2 the child to be adopted shall create a presumption of
3 unfitness that may be overcome only by clear and
4 convincing evidence.
5 (k) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs,
6 other than those prescribed by a physician, for at least
7 one year immediately prior to the commencement of the
8 unfitness proceeding.
9 (l) Failure to demonstrate a reasonable degree of
10 interest, concern or responsibility as to the welfare of
11 a new born child during the first 30 days after its
12 birth.
13 (m) Failure by a parent to make reasonable efforts
14 to correct the conditions that were the basis for the
15 removal of the child from the parent, or to make
16 reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
17 parent within 12 months after an adjudication of
18 neglected minor, abused minor or dependent minor under
19 the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
20 (n) Evidence of intent to forego his or her
21 parental rights, whether or not the child is a ward of
22 the court, (1) as manifested by his or her failure for a
23 period of 12 months: (i) to visit the child, (ii) to
24 communicate with the child or agency, although able to do
25 so and not prevented from doing so by an agency or by
26 court order, or (iii) to maintain contact with or plan
27 for the future of the child, although physically able to
28 do so, or (2) as manifested by the father's failure,
29 where he and the mother of the child were unmarried to
30 each other at the time of the child's birth, (i) to
31 commence legal proceedings to establish his paternity
32 under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the law of
33 the jurisdiction of the child's birth within 30 days of
34 being informed, pursuant to Section 12a of this Act, that
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1 he is the father or the likely father of the child or,
2 after being so informed where the child is not yet born,
3 within 30 days of the child's birth, or (ii) to make a
4 good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount of the
5 expenses related to the birth of the child and to provide
6 a reasonable amount for the financial support of the
7 child, the court to consider in its determination all
8 relevant circumstances, including the financial condition
9 of both parents; provided that the ground for termination
10 provided in this subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be
11 available where the petition is brought by the mother or
12 the husband of the mother.
13 Contact or communication by a parent with his or her
14 child that does not demonstrate affection and concern
15 does not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
16 subdivision (n). In the absence of evidence to the
17 contrary, the ability to visit, communicate, maintain
18 contact, pay expenses and plan for the future shall be
19 presumed. The subjective intent of the parent, whether
20 expressed or otherwise, unsupported by evidence of the
21 foregoing parental acts manifesting that intent, shall
22 not preclude a determination that the parent has intended
23 to forego his or her parental rights. In making this
24 determination, the court may consider but shall not
25 require a showing of diligent efforts by an authorized
26 agency to encourage the parent to perform the acts
27 specified in subdivision (n).
28 It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
29 under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the father's
30 failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
31 impediments created by the mother or any other person
32 having legal custody. Proof of that fact need only be by
33 a preponderance of the evidence.
34 (o) repeated or continuous failure by the parents,
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1 although physically and financially able, to provide the
2 child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
3 (p) inability to discharge parental
4 responsibilities supported by competent evidence from a
5 psychiatrist, licensed clinical social worker, or
6 clinical psychologist of mental impairment, mental
7 illness or mental retardation as defined in Section 1-116
8 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,
9 or developmental disability as defined in Section 1-106
10 of that Code, and there is sufficient justification to
11 believe that the inability to discharge parental
12 responsibilities shall extend beyond a reasonable time
13 period. However, this subdivision (p) shall not be
14 construed so as to permit a licensed clinical social
15 worker to conduct any medical diagnosis to determine
16 mental illness or mental impairment.
17 (q) a finding of physical abuse of the child under
18 Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21 of
19 the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and a criminal conviction
20 of aggravated battery of the child.
21 (r) a finding that at birth the child's blood or
22 urine contained any amount of a controlled substance as
23 defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois
24 Controlled Substances Act, or a metabolite of a
25 controlled substance, with the exception of controlled
26 substances or metabolites of such substances, the
27 presence of which in the newborn infant was the result of
28 medical treatment administered to the mother or the
29 newborn infant, and that the biological mother of this
30 child is the biological mother of at least one other
31 child who was adjudicated a neglected minor under
32 subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act
33 of 1987, after which the biological mother had the
34 opportunity to participate in a drug counseling,
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1 treatment, and rehabilitation program.
2 E. "Parent" means the father or mother of a legitimate
3 or illegitimate child. For the purpose of this Act, a person
4 who has executed a final and irrevocable consent to adoption
5 or a final and irrevocable surrender for purposes of
6 adoption, or whose parental rights have been terminated by a
7 court, is not a parent of the child who was the subject of
8 the consent or surrender, unless the consent is void pursuant
9 to subsection O of Section 10.
10 F. A person is available for adoption when the person
11 is:
12 (a) a child who has been surrendered for adoption
13 to an agency and to whose adoption the agency has
14 thereafter consented;
15 (b) a child to whose adoption a person authorized
16 by law, other than his parents, has consented, or to
17 whose adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section
18 8 of this Act;
19 (c) a child who is in the custody of persons who
20 intend to adopt him through placement made by his
21 parents;
22 (c-1) a child for whom a parent has signed a
23 specific consent pursuant to subsection O of Section 10;
24 or
25 (d) an adult who meets the conditions set forth in
26 Section 3 of this Act.
27 A person who would otherwise be available for adoption
28 shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
29 of his or her death.
30 G. The singular includes the plural and the plural
31 includes the singular and the "male" includes the "female",
32 as the context of this Act may require.
33 H. "Adoption disruption" occurs when an adoptive
34 placement does not prove successful and it becomes necessary
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1 for the child to be removed from placement before the
2 adoption is finalized.
3 I. "Foreign placing agency" is an agency or individual
4 operating in a country or territory outside the United States
5 that is authorized by its country to place children for
6 adoption either directly with families in the United States
7 or through United States based international agencies.
8 J. "Immediate relatives" means the biological parents,
9 the parents of the biological parents and siblings of the
10 biological parents;
11 K. "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
12 from a country other than the United States is adopted.
13 L. "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person
14 of the Department of Children and Family Services appointed
15 by the Director to coordinate the provision of services by
16 the public and private sector to prospective parents of
17 foreign-born children.
18 M. "Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children" is
19 a law enacted by most states for the purpose of establishing
20 uniform procedures for handling the interstate placement of
21 children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
22 facilities.
23 N. "Non-Compact state" means a state that has not
24 enacted the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
25 O. "Preadoption requirements" are any conditions
26 established by the laws or regulations of the Federal
27 Government or of each state that must be met prior to the
28 placement of a child in an adoptive home.
29 P. "Abused child" means a child whose parent or
30 immediate family member, or any person responsible for the
31 child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home
32 as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
33 (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to
34 be inflicted upon the child physical injury, by other
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1 than accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
2 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
3 impairment of any bodily function;
4 (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury
5 to the child by other than accidental means which would
6 be likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
7 physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of
8 any bodily function;
9 (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex
10 offense against the child, as sex offenses are defined in
11 the Criminal Code of 1961 and extending those definitions
12 of sex offenses to include children under 18 years of
13 age;
14 (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or
15 acts of torture upon the child; or
16 (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
17 Q. "Neglected child" means any child whose parent or
18 other person responsible for the child's welfare withholds
19 or denies nourishment or medically indicated treatment
20 including food or care denied solely on the basis of the
21 present or anticipated mental or physical impairment as
22 determined by a physician acting alone or in consultation
23 with other physicians or otherwise does not provide the
24 proper or necessary support, education as required by law, or
25 medical or other remedial care recognized under State law as
26 necessary for a child's well-being, or other care necessary
27 for his or her well-being, including adequate food, clothing
28 and shelter; or who is abandoned by his or her parents or
29 other person responsible for the child's welfare.
30 A child shall not be considered neglected or abused for
31 the sole reason that the child's parent or other person
32 responsible for his or her welfare depends upon spiritual
33 means through prayer alone for the treatment or cure of
34 disease or remedial care as provided under Section 4 of the
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1 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
2 R. "Putative father" means a man who may be a child's
3 father, but who (1) is not married to the child's mother on
4 or before the date that the child was or is to be born and
5 (2) has not established paternity of the child in a court
6 proceeding before the filing of a petition for the adoption
7 of the child. The term includes a male who is less than 18
8 years of age.
9 (Source: P.A. 88-20; 88-550, eff. 7-3-94; 88-691, eff.
10 1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
11 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
12 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
13 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
14 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
15 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
16 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
17 any other Public Act.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.