Adoption Reform Committee

Filed: 3/12/2009

 

 


 

 


 
09600HB4220ham001 LRB096 10253 AJO 23660 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4220

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4220, on page 3,
3 line 5, after "child", by inserting the following:
 
4 ", unless circumstances identified in this Section justify a
5 father's registration at a time in excess of 30 days because of
6 circumstances beyond the father's control; however, under no
7 circumstances may a putative father register with the
8 Department on a date that is more than 12 months from the date
9 the consent or surrender was executed"; and
 
10 on page 4, line 6, after "in", by inserting the following:
11 "this Section or"; and
 
12 on page 4, line 22, after "mother", by inserting the following:
13 "to the court, including the birth mother's Affidavit of
14 Identification as required by Section 11 of this Act, and which
15 said Affidavit is mandatory as a necessary prerequisite to any

 

 

09600HB4220ham001 - 2 - LRB096 10253 AJO 23660 a

1 adoption in which a consent or surrender is made"; and
 
2 on page 5, by replacing lines 6 through 12 with the following:
3 "Act. However, a putative father who files a written motion
4 that asserts that the relevant facts are sufficient to overcome
5 the prima facie evidence of abandonment is entitled to a
6 hearing on that motion, only if the motion was filed no later
7 than 12 months from the date the consent or surrender was
8 executed. On that motion, the burden of proof is on the
9 putative father to show that, by a preponderance of the
10 evidence, the putative father did not abandon the child.".