Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 Families: Article -
- 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...
- 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, the Interstate Compact on the...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 4
Venue. An adoption proceeding may be commenced in any county in this State. (Source: P.A. 98-804, eff. 1-1-15.)
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 4.1
Adoption between multiple jurisdictions. (a) The Department of Children and Family Services shall promulgate rules regarding the approval and regulation of agencies providing, in this...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 9
Time for signing a waiver, consent, or surrender. A. A consent or a surrender signed not less than 72 hours after the birth of the...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 11
Consents, surrenders, waivers, irrevocability. (a) A consent to adoption or standby adoption by a parent, including a minor, executed and acknowledged in accordance with the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 14.5
Petition to adopt by former parent. (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "former parent" means a person whose rights were terminated as described...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.04
Original Birth Certificate Access; legislative intent. The General Assembly recognizes that it is the basic right of all persons to access their birth records, and,...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.07
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-895, eff. 5-21-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-1063, eff. 1-1-13.)
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.08
Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. (a) There shall be established under the Department of Public Health and the Department of Children and Family Services the...
- 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 allowing mutually consenting members of...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.1a
Registry matches. (a) The Registry shall release identifying information, as specified on the applicant's Information Exchange Authorization or, if applicable, a Birth Parent Preference Form,...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.2
Forms. (a) The Department shall develop the Illinois Adoption Registry forms as provided in this Section. The General Assembly shall reexamine the content of the...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 18.3a
Confidential intermediary. (a) General purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, (1) any adopted or surrendered person 21 years of age or over; or...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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 $15 fee shall be charged...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Illinois Adoption Act. - 750 ILCS 50, Section 24
Effective date. This Act shall take effect January 1, 1960. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1269.)
Last modified: February 18, 2015