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Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50Legal Research Home > Illinois Lawyer > Adoption Act > Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50 Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 0.01 Short title . This Act may be cited as the Adoption Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.) ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 1 Definitions . When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to adoption under this Act. ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 2 Who may adopt a child . A. Any of the following persons, who is under no legal disability (except the minority specified in sub-paragraph (b) and who ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 2.1 This Act shall be construed in concert with the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Child Care Act of 1969, and the Interstate Compact on the Placement of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 3 Who may be adopted . A male or female child, or an adult, may be adopted, provided the other conditions set forth in this Act are met, ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 4 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 ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 4.1 Except for children placed with relatives by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act, ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 5 Petition, contents, verification, filing . A. A proceeding to adopt a child, other than a related child, shall be commenced by the filing of a petition within ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 6 A . Investigation; all cases. Within 10 days after the filing of a petition for the adoption or standby adoption of a child other than a related ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 7 Process . A. All persons named in the petition for adoption or standby adoption, other than the petitioners and any party who has previously either denied being ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 8 Consents to adoption and surrenders for purposes of adoption . (a) Except as hereinafter provided in this Section consents or surrenders shall be required in all cases, ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 9 Time for taking a consent or surrender . A. A consent or a surrender taken not less than 72 hours after the birth of the child ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 10 Forms of consent and surrender; execution and acknowledgment thereof . A. The form of consent required for the adoption of a born child shall be substantially as ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 11 Consents, surrenders, irrevocability . (a) A consent to adoption or standby adoption by a parent, including a minor, executed and acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 12 Consent of child or adult . If, upon the date of the entry of the judgment the person sought to be adopted is of the age of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 12a Notice to putative father . 1. Upon the written request to any Clerk of any Circuit Court, and upon the payment of a filing fee of $10.00, ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 12.1 Putative Father Registry . The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a Putative Father Registry for the purpose of determining the identity and location of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 13 Interim order . As soon as practicable after the filing of a petition for adoption the court shall hold a hearing for the following purposes: A. ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 13.1 Order for standby adoption . (a) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the court, after such investigation as the court deems necessary, that the ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 14 Judgment . (a) Prior to the entry of the judgment for order of adoption in any case other than an adoption of a related child or of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 14a After any court has acquired jurisdiction over the person of any child in an adoption proceeding, if such child dies before entry of final judgment, upon petition by ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 14b Death of intended adoptive parent prior to entry of judgment . After any court has acquired jurisdiction over the person of any intended adoptive parent in an ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 15 The welfare of the child shall be the prime consideration in all adoption proceedings . The court in entering a judgment of adoption shall, whenever possible, give ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 15.1 (a) Any person over the age of 18, who has cared for a child for a continuous period of one year or more as a foster parent licensed ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 16 Entry of Judgment .) If, after examination of the report required by Section 6, the court finds a waiver to be for the welfare of the child, the ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 17 Effect of order terminating parental rights or Judgment of Adoption . After either the entry of an order terminating parental rights or the entry of a judgment ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18 Records confidential . (a) The word "illegitimate", the words "born out of wedlock", and words of similar import shall not be used in any adoption proceeding in ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.04 The Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange; legislative intent . The General Assembly recognizes the importance of creating a procedure by which mutually consenting adult members ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.05 The Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange . (a) General function. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Health shall administer the Illinois Adoption Registry ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.06 Definitions . When used in Sections 18.05 through Section 18.6, for the purposes of the Registry: "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted pursuant to the ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.07 Adoption Registry Advisory Council . There is established an Adoption Registry Advisory Council. The Council shall be chaired by the Director of the Department of Public ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.1 Disclosure of identifying information . (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish and maintain a Registry for the purpose of providing identifying information to mutually consenting ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.1a Registry matches . (a) The Registry shall release identifying information, as specified on the Information Exchange Authorization, to the following mutually consenting registered parties and provide them ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.1b The Illinois Adoption Registry Application . The Illinois Adoption Registry Application shall substantially include the following: (a) General Information. The Illinois Adoption Registry Application shall include ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.1c Effective date of registration . Registration with the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange shall become effective as soon as the applicant's completed Illinois Adoption Registry ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.2 Forms . (a) The form of the Birth Parent Registration Identification Form shall be substantially as follows: BIRTH PARENT REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION (Insert all known ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.3 (a) The agency, Department of Children and Family Services, Court Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court, and any other party to the surrender of a child ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.3a Confidential intermediary . (a) General purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age or over, any adoptive parent ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.4 (a) The agency, Department of Children and Family Services, Court Supportive Services, Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court, or the Probation Officers of the Circuit Court involved in ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.4a Medical and mental health histories . (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, to the extent currently in possession of the agency, the medical ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.5 Liability . No liability shall attach to the State, any agency thereof, any licensed agency, any judge, any officer or employee of the court, or any party ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.6 Registry fees . The Department of Public Health shall levy a fee for each registrant under Sections 18.05 through 18.5. A $40 fee shall be charged for ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.7 Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange Fund . There is created in the State treasury a special fund to be known as the Illinois Adoption Registry ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.8 Improper disclosure of identifying information . All information submitted to the Registry is confidential and gathered by the State solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 19 Registration new birth certificate . Upon the entry of a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court that entered the judgment shall prepare a certificate of ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 20 Practice . The provisions of the Civil Practice Law and all existing and future amendments of that Law and the Supreme Court Rules now or hereafter adopted ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 20a Construction of Act . The best interests and welfare of the person to be adopted shall be of paramount consideration in the construction and interpretation of this ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 20b Time limit for relief from final judgment or order . A petition for relief from a final order or judgment entered in a proceeding under this Act, ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 21 Compensation for placing of children prohibited . No person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization, except a child welfare agency as defined by the "Child ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 22 Partial invalidity . If any part of this Act is held by any court to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision or judgment shall not affect the ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 23 Repeal - Saving . "An Act in relation to the adoption of children and to repeal an Act therein named", approved June 30, 1945, as amended is ...
Illinois Adoption Act - 750 ILCS 50, Section 24 Effective date . This Act shall take effect January 1, 1960. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.) ...
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