EX-99.B.8.56 AMENDMENT TO ING PARTNERS, INC.

                                EX-99.B.8.56

                       AMENDMENT TO ING PARTNERS, INC.

                       SHAREHOLDER SERVICING AGREEMENT
                              SERVICE CLASS SHARES


     This Amendment is dated as of the 1st day of May, 2003 by and between
ING Partners, Inc. (the "Fund") and ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company
(the "Service Organization") (collectively, the "Parties").

     WHEREAS, the Parties entered into a Shareholder Servicing Agreement on
November 27, 2001  (the "Agreement") and subsequently amended on March 5,
2002;

     WHEREAS, the Parties desire to further amend said Agreement in the
manner hereinafter set forth;

     NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby amend the Agreement in the following
form:

     1.  By replacing the existing Schedule A with the Schedule A attached
         hereto.

     2.  All of the other provisions contained in the Agreement shall remain
         in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be
executed by their duly authorized signatories as of the date and year first
above written.

                                       ING PARTNERS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                           -----------------------------
                                       Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                       Title: President


                                       ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

                                       By: /s/  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                           -----------------------------
                                       Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
                                       Title: Vice President



                                 SCHEDULE A


Service Class shares of the following
ING Partners, Inc. portfolios:                                       Annual Rate

     ING Xxxxx Growth Portfolio
     ING Xxxxx Aggressive Growth Portfolio
     ING American Century Small Cap Value Portfolio
     ING Baron Small Cap Growth Portfolio
     ING DSI Enhanced Index Portfolio
     ING Xxxxxxx Xxxxx(R) Capital Growth Portfolio
     ING JPMorgan Xxxxxxx International Portfolio
     ING JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio
     ING MFS Capital Opportunities Portfolio
     ING MFS Global Growth Portfolio
     ING MFS Research Equity Portfolio
     ING OpCap Balanced Value Portfolio
     ING PIMCO Total Return Portfolio
     ING Salomon Brothers Aggressive Growth Portfolio
     ING Salomon Brothers Investors Value Portfolio
     ING Salomon Brothers Fundamental Value Portfolio
     ING X. Xxxx Price Growth Equity Portfolio
     ING UBS Tactical Asset Allocation Portfolio
     ING Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Portfolio
     ING Xxxxx Capital Appreciation Portfolio
     ING Xxxxxxx Xxxxx(R) Core Equity Portfolio