98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1063
 
Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
750 ILCS 50/9  from Ch. 40, par. 1511

    Amends the Adoption Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
time for taking a consent or surrender.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section 
59 as follows:
 



6    (750 ILCS 50/9)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)



7    Sec. 9. Time for
signing a waiver, consent, or surrender. 

8    A.  A consent or a surrender signed not less than 72 hours 
9after the
the birth
of the child is irrevocable except as 
10provided in Section 11 of this Act.
11    B.  No consent or surrender shall be signed within the 72 
12hour period
immediately following the birth of the child.

13    C.  A consent or a surrender may be signed by the father 
14prior to the
birth of the child. Such consent or surrender 
15shall be revoked if, within
72 hours after the birth of the 
16child, the father who gave such consent or
surrender, notifies 
17in writing the person, agency or court representative
who 
18acknowledged the surrender or consent or any individual 
19representing or
connected with such person, agency or court 
20representative of the
revocation of the consent or surrender.

21    D. Any consent or surrender signed in accordance with 
22paragraph C above
which is not revoked within 72 hours after 
23the birth of the child is
irrevocable except as provided in 
 
 
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1Section 11 of this Act.

2    E. Consent may be given to a standby adoption by a parent

3whose
consent is required pursuant to Section 8 of this Act to 
4become effective when
the consenting parent of the child dies 
5or that parent requests that the final
judgment of
adoption be 
6entered.

7    F.  A waiver as provided in subsection S of Section 10 of 
8this Act may be signed by a putative father or legal father of 
9the child at any time prior to or after the birth of the child.  
10A waiver is irrevocable except as provided in Section 11 of 
11this Act. 
12(Source: P.A. 97-493, eff. 8-22-11.)