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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6271
Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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750 ILCS 50/3 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1504 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning
who may be adopted.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6271 |
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LRB093 14588 LCB 40094 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to family law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 3 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1504)
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| Sec. 3. Who may be
adopted.
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| A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted, |
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| provided the other
conditions set forth in this Act are met, |
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| and further provided, with
respect to an adult, that the
such
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| adult has resided in the home of the
persons
intending to adopt |
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| him at any time for more than 2 years continuously
preceding |
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| the commencement of an adoption proceeding, or in the |
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| alternative
that the
such persons are related to him within a |
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| degree set forth in
the
definition of a related child in |
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| Section 1 of this Act.
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| (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
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