Bill Text: IL HB5414 | 2011-2012 | 97th 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) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5414 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5414-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5414 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.)