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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2955 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 50/2 | from Ch. 40, par. 1502 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
who may adopt a child.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB2955 | | LRB097 15516 AJO 60640 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1502)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Who may
adopt a child.
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| 8 | | A. Any of the
the following persons, who is under no legal |
| 9 | | disability
(except the minority specified in sub-paragraph |
| 10 | | (b)) and who has resided in
the State of Illinois continuously |
| 11 | | for a period of at least 6 months
immediately preceding the |
| 12 | | commencement of an adoption proceeding, or any
member of the |
| 13 | | armed forces of the United States who has been domiciled in
the |
| 14 | | State of Illinois for 90 days, may
institute such proceeding: |
| 15 | | (a) A reputable person of legal age and of either sex, |
| 16 | | provided that if
such person is married and has not been living |
| 17 | | separate and apart from his or
her spouse for 12 months or |
| 18 | | longer, his or her spouse shall be a party to the
adoption
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| 19 | | proceeding, including a husband or wife desiring to adopt a |
| 20 | | child of the
other spouse, in all of which cases the adoption |
| 21 | | shall be by both spouses
jointly;
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| 22 | | (b) A minor, by leave of court upon good cause shown.
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| 23 | | B. The residence requirement specified in paragraph A of |