Adoption is when an adult becomes the legal parent of another person who is not his or her biological child. There are 5 types of adoption in Illinois.
- Related Adoption occurs when at least one of the adopting parents is related to the person being adopted. This is typically the easiest type of adoption to accomplish. When a step-parent wants to adopt his or her spouse's biological child, this is considered "related adoption." In this case, the biological parent would be listed on the adoption petition in addition to the step-parent.
- Agency Adoption occurs when a licensed agency is given the authority to place a child with adopting parents. This occurs when the biological parents either voluntarily give the child to the agency or when a court terminates the biological parents' parental rights.
- Private Adoption occurs when the child is not placed with an agency and neither of the adopting parents are related to the child. In a private adoption, the adopting parents will have 72 hours after the child is born to revoke the adoption.
- Adoption of an Adult occurs when a child aged 18 years or older is adopted.
- Standby Adoption occurs when a legal parent who is terminally ill agrees in advance to have the child adopted by a specific person either when the legal parent becomes to ill to care for the child or when the legal parent passes.
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