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Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 4

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Jurisdiction and venue.

An adoption proceeding may be commenced in the circuit court of the county in which petitioners reside, or the county in which the person to be adopted resides, or was born, or the county in which the parents of such person reside, provided, however, if an agency has acquired the custody and control of a child and such agency is authorized to consent to the adoption of such child, the proceeding may be commenced in any county, and provided further that if a guardian of the person of such child has been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the proceeding may be commenced in any county.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3308.)

Last modified: April 7, 2006