Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Adoption Act
(Court opinion corrected 5/2/12.) Adoption Act sets 12-month line of demarcation, beginning with date of parent's last visit or communication with child, as evidence of intent to forego parental rights. Juvenile Court Act and Adoption Act are to be construed in concert with and consistent with each other. Any evidence that parent offered during unfitness portion of adoption hearing as explanation for not communicating with child for 12 months is limited to that 12-month period, but evidence outside that period is allowed at second-stage best-interests hearing. (CHAPMAN and SPOMER, concurring.)