Bill Text: IL HB4295 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning who may be adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4295 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4295-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4295 Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 40, par. 1504
Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning who may be adopted.
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A BILL FOR
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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
3 as follows:
(750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
Sec. 3. Who may be adopted. A male or female child, or an
adult, may be adopted, provided the the other conditions set
forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with respect
to an adult, that such adult has resided in the home of the
persons intending to adopt him at any time for more than 2
years continuously preceding the commencement of an adoption
proceeding, or in the alternative that such persons are related
to him within a degree set forth in the definition of a related
child in Section 1 of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)