House Sponsors: CURRIE-KLINGLER-FEIGENHOLTZ AND MULLIGAN. Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-CULLERTON Short description: ADOPTION ACT-STANDBY ADOPTION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Adoption Act. Makes provision for a standby adoption, which is an adoption in which a terminally ill parent consents to custody and termination of parental rights, to become effective upon the occurrence of a future event, which is either the death of that terminally ill parent or the request of that parent for the entry of a final judgment of adoption. Creates forms for consents, provisions for procedures, and provisions for the entry of judgment in a standby adoption. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Children and Family Services) DCFS expects no significant fiscal impact. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 750 ILCS 50/5 from Ch. 40, par. 1507 750 ILCS 50/6 from Ch. 40, par. 1508 750 ILCS 50/7 from Ch. 40, par. 1509 Deletes everything. Reinserts provisions of the bill as engrossed, but makes the following changes: makes changes in the provisions regarding adoption petitions, investigations, and service of process to add reference to standby adoptions; makes changes to the new consent to standby adoption form and adds provisions regarding dissolution of marriage by intended adoptive parties, a certificate of acknowledgement that the consent form was signed, and actions that void the consent; removes the consent to a standby adoption of an unborn child form; addresses jurisdictional issues; changes provisions of the order of standby adoption; makes changes to provisions regarding entry of a judgment for adoption; and makes other changes. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0572 Last action date: 99-08-14 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status