HB5413 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5413

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 50/4

from Ch. 40, par. 1505

Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning jurisdiction and venue.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(750 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1505)

Sec. 4. Jurisdiction and venue.

An adoption proceeding may be commenced in the the circuit court of the county in which petitioners reside, or the county in which the person to be adopted resides, or was born, or the county in which the parents of such person reside, provided, however, if an agency has acquired the custody and control of a child and such agency is authorized to consent to the adoption of such child, the proceeding may be commenced in any county, and provided further that if a guardian of the person of such child has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the proceeding may be commenced in any county.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)