Bill Text: IL SB2982 | 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 adopt a child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2982 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2982-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2982 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 50/2 from Ch. 40, par. 1502
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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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
2 as follows:
(750 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1502)
Sec. 2. Who may adopt a child.
A. Any of the the following persons, who is under no legal
disability (except the minority specified in sub-paragraph
(b)) and who has resided in the State of Illinois continuously
for a period of at least 6 months immediately preceding the
commencement of an adoption proceeding, or any member of the
armed forces of the United States who has been domiciled in the
State of Illinois for 90 days, may institute such proceeding:
(a) A reputable person of legal age and of either sex,
provided that if such person is married and has not been living
separate and apart from his or her spouse for 12 months or
longer, his or her spouse shall be a party to the adoption
proceeding, including a husband or wife desiring to adopt a
child of the other spouse, in all of which cases the adoption
shall be by both spouses jointly;
(b) A minor, by leave of court upon good cause shown.
B. The residence requirement specified in paragraph A of

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this Section shall not apply to an adoption of a related child
or to an adoption of a child placed by an agency.
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)