Illinois Adoption Laws Page1

Adoption Laws in Illinois Page1

About adoption consent

• Who have to consent : Statute: 750 ILCS 50/8(b)
  • Any legal guardian of the child.
  • Person or any organization with legal custody
  • A mother
  • A father, in case married to child's mother or established paternity

• Age required of an adoptee to consent : Statute: 750 ILCS 50/12
  • Any child of age 14 years.
  • The court can also waive consent in case it found the child is in need of any mental treatment.

• No need of parental consent: Statute: 750 ILCS 50/8(a)
  • If parents found unfit
  • If parent waived parental rights

• Consent execution is must: Statute: 750 ILCS 50/10
  • The forms used are coming under the laws by the statute.
  • If any consent towards any agency is written, it can be accepted by the agency head.
  • In case of placing a child directly, until the court waives the appearance consent is acknowledged in court.

• Consent revocation : Statute: 750 ILCS 50/11; 750 ILCS 50/9
  • It is also possible a father revokes the consent in the 72 hours just after the child birth.
  • Until found as fraud, consents are actually irrevocable.