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750 ILCS 46/201

    (750 ILCS 46/201)
    Sec. 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.

(a) The parent-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

(1) the woman having given birth to the child, except

as otherwise provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act;

        (2) an adjudication of the woman's parentage;
        (3) adoption of the child by the woman;
        (4) a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement that

complies with the Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law; or

(5) an unrebutted presumption of the woman's

parentage of the child under Section 204 of this Act.

(b) The parent-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's parentage

of the child under Section 204 of this Act;

(2) an effective voluntary acknowledgment of

paternity by the man under Article 3 of this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(3) an adjudication of the man's parentage;

(4) adoption of the child by the man; or
(5) a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement that

complies with the Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law.

(c)  Insofar as practicable, the provisions of this Act applicable to parent-child relationships shall apply equally to men and women as parents, including, but not limited to, the obligation to support.

(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-769, eff. 1-1-17.)