(750 ILCS 46/302) Sec. 302. Execution of voluntary acknowledgment. (a) A voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act must:
(1) be in a record;
(2) be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under |
| penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his parentage;
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(3) state that the child whose parentage is being
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(A) does not have a presumed parent, or has a
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| presumed parent whose full name is stated; and
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(B) does not have another acknowledged or
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(4) be witnessed; and
(5) state that the signatories understand that the
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| voluntary acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of parentage of the child and that: (i) a challenge by a signatory to the voluntary acknowledgment may be permitted only upon a showing of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact; and (ii) a challenge to the voluntary acknowledgment is barred after 2 years unless that period is tolled pursuant to the law.
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(b) An acknowledgment is void if it:
(1) states that another person is a presumed parent,
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| unless a denial signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed parent is filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by law;
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(2) states that another person is an acknowledged or
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(3) falsely denies the existence of a presumed,
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| acknowledged, or adjudicated parent of the child.
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(c) A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate a voluntary acknowledgment.
(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-769, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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