Decree Of Adoption

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Petitioner(s), vs. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Respondent(s). ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. ______________________________ DECREE OF ADOPTION This cause coming on to be heard upon the verified Petition of ____________________________________ for the adoption of ___________________________________________________, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "child," and ____________________________________________________________ the court being fully advised in the premises finds as follows: (1) Respondent(s) is/are all the person(s) entitled to be notified of the within proceeding and have been so notified in the following manner: ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Valid properly acknowledged consents to the adoption of said child and have been filed as required by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act in Relation to the Adoption of Persons and to Repeal an Act Therein Named," approved July 17, 1959, as follows: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ (2-a) Consents to the adoption of said child have not been filed for the following reasons: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) It appearing to the court that ________________________________________________________ Respondent(s) are in the military service of the United States, or that their military status is unknown, thereupon the court appointed ________________________________________________________________, attorney of record for such Respondent(s) or those who may be in the military service of the United States. Decree of Adoption/p.1 Rev. 04-01-16 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (4) The court heretofore appointed _____________________________________________________ Guardian ad Litem of said child. (5) On ___________________________, 20_____, the court appointed ________________________ to make the investigation required to be made under the provisions of said Act as to the allegations contained in said Petition, the character, reputation and general standing in the community of the Petitioner(s), the religious faith of the Petitioner(s) and, if ascertainable, of said child, whether Petitioner(s) are proper persons to adopt said child and whether said child is a proper subject of adoption. The said ____________________________ ______________________ has made a report of said investigation to the court which report the court approves. (6) On ___________________________, 20_____, which was at a time as soon as practical after the filing of said Petition, the court held a hearing for the purpose of complying with Section 13 of said Act and, as shown by the records kept by the Clerk of this Court, the hearing thereof and the order or orders entered by the court complied with said Section 13. (7) Said child not being a related child, one of the orders referred to in Par. 6 hereof was an Interim Order entered ___________________________, 20_____, vesting temporary care, custody and control of the child to the Petitioner(s). (8) Upon this ___________ day of _______________________, 20_____, Petitioner(s) have applied to this court for the entry of a Decree of Adoption. Notice of said application was served by Petitioner(s) upon the following agency or person and at the following time and manner: _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ (9) A hearing was held upon said application on __________________________________________, 20_____, at which Petitioner(s) and the child appeared. (9-A) A hearing was held upon said application on _____________________________, 20______, at which hearing __________________________________________________________________ did not appear because such appearance was waived by the court for good cause shown which was as follows: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ (10) The court is satisfied from the report referred to in par. 5 hereof and from the evidence introduced at said hearing that the adoption is for the welfare of said child and that the consents for adoption referred to in Par. 2 hereof are valid and have been filed by all persons required to do so under the provisions of said Act in order for the court to enter this Decree. (10-A) The court is satisfied from the report referred to in par. 5 hereof and from the evidence introduced at said hearing that the adoption is in the best welfare of said child and that no consent for adoption is required as provided in Section 8 of said Act for the reasons given in par. 2-A hereof. Decree of Adoption/p.2 Rev. 04-01-16 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (11) The evidence given at the aforesaid hearing sustained the allegations of said petition and said allegations are true. (12) The said child was born on __________________________________________, 20_____, in the County of _________________________, State of __________________________. Petitioner(s) reside in the County of _________________________, State of ___________________. The parents of said child reside as follows:___________________________________________________________________________________ Petitioner(s) have satisfied all the requirements of said Act to entitle them to adopt said child and are subject to the jurisdiction of the court in this proceeding under the provisions of the Act. Said child is subject