Bill Text: IL SB3339 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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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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 | 3 as follows:
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6 | (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
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7 | Sec. 3.
Who may be
adopted. A male or female child, or an | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | adult, may be adopted, provided the
the other
conditions set | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | forth in this Act are met, and further provided, with
respect | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to an adult, that such adult has resided in the home of the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | persons
intending to adopt him at any time for more than 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | years continuously
preceding the commencement of an adoption | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | proceeding, or in the alternative
that such persons are related | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | to him within a degree set forth in the
definition of a related | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | child in Section 1 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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