Rep. Terra Costa Howard

Filed: 5/9/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1518

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1518 by deleting
3line 26 on page 12 through line 5 on page 13; and
 
4by replacing line 22 on page 19 through line 11 on page 20 with
5the following:
6    "(c) The court may allocate guardian ad litem fees and
7costs. No legal fees, appointed counsel fees, guardian ad litem
8fees, or costs shall be assessed against the Office of the
9State Guardian, the public guardian, adult protective
10services, the Department of Children and Family Services, or
11the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the
12Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental
13Disabilities Act. If the respondent is unable to pay the fee of
14the guardian ad litem or appointed counsel, or both, the court
15may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or
16such amounts as the respondent or the respondent's estate may
17be unable to pay. However, in cases where the Office of State

 

 

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1Guardian is the petitioner, consistent with Section 30 of the
2Guardianship and Advocacy Act, where the public guardian is the
3petitioner, consistent with Section 13-5 of this Act, where an
4adult protective services agency is the petitioner, pursuant to
5Section 9 of the Adult Protective Services Act, or where the
6Department of Children and Family Services is the petitioner
7under subparagraph (d) of subsection (1) of Section 2-27 of the
8Juvenile Court Act of 1987, no guardian ad litem or legal fees
9shall be assessed against the Office of State Guardian, the
10public guardian, the adult protective services agency, or the
11Department of Children and Family Services.".