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Public Act 91-0573

HB2727 Enrolled                                LRB9103038SMdv

    AN ACT to amend the Adoption Act by adding Section 14b.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Adoption Act is amended by adding Section
14b as follows:

    (750 ILCS 50/14b new)
    Sec.  14b.   Death  of  intended adoptive parent prior to
entry of judgment.  After any court has acquired jurisdiction
over the  person  of  any  intended  adoptive  parent  in  an
adoption  proceeding,  if  the  intended adoptive parent dies
before entry of final judgment, upon petition  by  the  other
intended  adoptive  parent  or  the child's guardian ad litem
suggesting the death of  the  intended  adoptive  parent  and
asking  that  the  court  proceed  in absence of the deceased
intended adoptive parent to enter a final  judgment,  in  the
presence  of  the other intended adoptive parent or the child
to be adopted who is a party to the record, the  court  shall
proceed  to hearing and final judgment to enable the child to
have the intended name by adoption.  Otherwise the court  may
dismiss the proceeding.
    This  amendatory  Act  of the 91st General Assembly shall
apply to all cases in which the court  acquired  jurisdiction
of  the person of any intended adoptive parent in an adoption
proceeding, if such jurisdiction was  acquired  on  or  after
November 1, 1997.

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