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Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 3/24/2009
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LRB096 04815 AJO 23958 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1430
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1430, on page 4, by |
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| replacing lines 17 through 25 with the following:
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| "Fitness of the parent shall be determined, by a |
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| preponderance of the evidence, at the time of filing the |
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| petition to establish the guardianship. If a parent is found to |
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| be unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for a child, he or she |
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| shall not be entitled to custody and shall satisfy the |
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| provisions of subsection (b) of Section 11-14.1 of this Act |
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| before terminating the guardianship and regaining custody."; |
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| and
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| on page 5, line 10, after "subsection (a)," by inserting "when |
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| a parent has been found unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for |
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| a child,"; and
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| on page 5, line 16, after "but", by inserting "not".
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