SB0103 amends the Adoption Act to clarify who must be notified of adoption proceedings and who can initiate adoptions for certain children.
SB0103 amends the Adoption Act to specify that a person may only commence an adoption proceeding for a youth in care if the youth is placed with the petitioning person by the Department of Children and Family Services. The bill also outlines who must be notified of adoption proceedings, including those recorded as the child's parent on the birth certificate, those openly living with the child and claiming paternity, and those identified as the child's parent by the mother.
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