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(9)__Whether a separate proceeding for divorce, legal
separation or parental rights and responsibilities is
pending in a court in this State or elsewhere;

 
(10)__Whether parenting time should be granted to the
respondents;

 
(11)__Any temporary or permanent child support, attorney's
fees, costs and disbursements sought by the petitioner;

 
(12)__Whether an order of protection under Title 22, chapter
1071 or a similar law of another state that governs any
party or each child of whom guardianship is sought is in
effect and, if so, the district court or similar
jurisdiction in which it was entered; and

 
(13)__That it is in the best interests of each child of whom
guardianship is sought under section 5-253 that the
petitioner be appointed guardian of the child.

 
(b)__The court shall provide written notice of a hearing on a
petition to appoint a de facto guardian as the guardian of a
child to:

 
(1)__A person if:

 
(i)__The person's name appears on the child's birth
certificate as a parent;

 
(ii)__The person has substantially supported the child;

 
(iii)__The person either was married to the person
designated on the birth certificate as the natural
mother within the 325 days before the child's birth or
married that person within the 10 days after the
child's birth;

 
(iv)__The person is openly living with the child or the
person designated on the birth certificate as the
natural mother of the child, or both;

 
(v)__The person has been adjudicated the child's
parent;

 
(vi)__The person has filed a paternity action within 30
days after the child's birth and the action is still
pending; or

 
(vii)__The person and the mother of the child signed an
acknowledgment of paternity or other recognition of
parentage that has not been revoked or vacated; and


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