Bill Text: IL SB0543 | 2021-2022 | 102nd 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 (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Referred to Assignments [SB0543 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0543-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB0543 Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz 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 or in a civil union
and has not been living separate and apart from his or her
spouse or civil union partner for 12 months or longer, his
or her spouse or civil union partner shall be a party to
the adoption proceeding, including a spouse or civil union
partner desiring to adopt a child of the other spouse or
civil union partner, in all of which cases the adoption
shall be by both spouses or civil union partners jointly;

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(b) A minor, by leave of court upon good cause shown.
Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a) of this subsection, a
spouse or civil union partner is not required to join in a
petition for adoption to re-adopt a child after an
intercountry adoption if the spouse or civil union partner did
not previously adopt the child as set forth in subsections (c)
and (e) of Section 4.1 of this Act.
B. The residence requirement specified in paragraph A of
this Section shall not apply to:
(a) an adoption of a related child or child previously
adopted in a foreign country by the petitioner; or
(b) an adoption of a child placed by an agency.
(Source: P.A. 98-804, eff. 1-1-15; 99-49, eff. 7-15-15.)