Bill Text: IL SB3339 | 2009-2010 | 96th 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: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-10 - Referred to Assignments [SB3339 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3339-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3339 Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi 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.)