Bill Text: IL SB1064 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning confidentiality of court records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1064 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1064-Introduced.html
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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 | 18 as follows:
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| 6 | (750 ILCS 50/18) (from Ch. 40, par. 1522)
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| 7 | Sec. 18. Records confidential.
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| 8 | (a) The
The word "illegitimate", the words "born out of
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| 9 | wedlock", and words of similar import shall not be used in any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | adoption
proceeding in any respect. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) The court call of adoption proceedings shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | identify any of
the parties by name. The parties may be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | identified by initials or
pseudonyms. The case shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | identified by its general number. The names
of the lawyers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | representing the parties may appear on the court call, and
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | type of application that is being made to the court may also be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | identified.
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| 18 | (c) All adoption records maintained by each circuit clerk | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | shall be
impounded in accordance with the procedures provided | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | by the Illinois
Supreme Court's General Administrative Order on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Recordkeeping and shall be
opened for examination only upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | specific order of the court, which order
shall name the person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | or persons who are to be permitted to examine the
file. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Certified copies of all papers and documents contained in
any | ||||||
| 2 | file so impounded shall be made only on like order.
The | ||||||
| 3 | guardian ad litem for a minor sought to be adopted shall have | ||||||
| 4 | the
right to inspect the court file without leave of court | ||||||
| 5 | during the pendency
of the proceeding. The attorney of record | ||||||
| 6 | for the petitioners and other
parties may inspect the file only | ||||||
| 7 | with leave of court. The petitioners to
the adoption, the | ||||||
| 8 | attorney of record for the petitioners, and the guardian
ad | ||||||
| 9 | litem of the person who is the subject of the proceeding shall | ||||||
| 10 | be
entitled to receive certified copies of the order of | ||||||
| 11 | adoption in the
proceeding at any time within 30 days after the | ||||||
| 12 | entry of the judgment of
adoption without order of court. After | ||||||
| 13 | 30 days from the entry of the
judgment of adoption, no copies | ||||||
| 14 | may be obtained without prior order of
court, but good cause is | ||||||
| 15 | not necessary to be shown by one of the
petitioners to the | ||||||
| 16 | adoption.
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| 17 | (d) If an appeal is taken from an adoption proceeding, the | ||||||
| 18 | papers filed
in the court of review and the opinion of the | ||||||
| 19 | reviewing court shall not
identify the true names of the | ||||||
| 20 | parties; instead, initials or pseudonyms
shall be used to | ||||||
| 21 | identify the parties.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 86-493; 87-620.)
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