Exhibit 99.B(a)(27)

ING PARTNERS, INC.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

ING PARTNERS, INC., a Maryland corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST:The Charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by renaming the classified shares of capital stock of the following series as follows:

Old Name	New Name
ING Columbia Small Cap Value II Portfolio — Initial Class	ING Columbia Small Cap Value Portfolio — Initial Class
ING Columbia Small Cap Value II Portfolio — Adviser Class	ING Columbia Small Cap Value Portfolio — Adviser Class
ING Columbia Small Cap Value II Portfolio — Service Class	ING Columbia Small Cap Value Portfolio — Service Class
ING Columbia Small Cap Value II Portfolio — Service 2 Class	ING Columbia Small Cap Value Portfolio — Service 2 Class

SECOND:The foregoing amendment to the Charter was duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting held on July 31, 2008.

THIRD:The foregoing amendment is limited to changes expressly permitted by Section 2-605 of the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without action by stockholders.

FOURTH:The foregoing amendment shall be effective on May 1, 2009.

The undersigned Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary and witnessed by its Secretary on this 9th day of April, 2009.

WITNESS:	ING PARTNERS, INC.
/s/ Huey Falgout, Jr.	/s/ Todd Modic
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.	Todd Modic
Secretary	Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary

CERTIFICATE

THE UNDERSIGNED, Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of ING Partners, Inc., who executed on behalf of said corporation the foregoing Articles of Amendment to the Charter, of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges that the foregoing Articles of Amendment are the act of the said Corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of perjury.

/s/ Todd Modic

Todd Modic

Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary