Illinois Senate Bill 2547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Guardians For Disabled Adults Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Sets forth procedures for a guardian to seek authority to consent to the initiation of a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage of a ward and for the court to determine whether such authority should be granted. Contains provisions regarding: motions; appointment and duties of a guardian ad litem; appointment of counsel for the ward; evaluations; the ward's capacity to consent or withhold consent to the proposed dissolution; criteria for authorizing a guardian to consent to the initiation of a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage of a ward; and other matters.

PROBATE-DISSOLUTION MARRIAGE

Sen. Ira Silverstein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2012-03-09	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2012-03-07	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2012-02-28	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2012-02-23	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2012-02-07	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2012-01-24	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2012-01-11	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2012-01-11	Senate	First Reading
2012-01-11	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
755	5	11a-17.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2547&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB2547.htm