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90_SB0384
750 ILCS 50/9 from Ch. 40, par. 1511
Amends the Adoption Act to make a technical change to a
provision concerning the time for taking a consent or
surrender.
LRB9003093NTsb
LRB9003093NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by changing Section 9.
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 9 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)
7 Sec. 9. Time for taking a consent or surrender.
8 A. A consent or a surrender taken not less than 72 hours
9 after the birth of the child is irrevocable except as
10 provided in Section 11 of this Act.
11 B. No consent or surrender shall be taken within the 72
12 hour period immediately following the birth of the child.
13 C. A consent or a surrender may be taken from the father
14 prior to the birth of the child. The Such consent or
15 surrender shall be revoked if, within 72 hours after the
16 birth of the child, the father who gave such consent or
17 surrender, notifies in writing the person, agency or court
18 representative who took the surrender or consent or any
19 individual representing or connected with such person, agency
20 or court representative of the revocation of the consent or
21 surrender.
22 D. Any consent or surrender taken in accordance with
23 paragraph C above which is not revoked within 72 hours after
24 the birth of the child is irrevocable except as provided in
25 Section 11 of this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 78-854.)