750 ILCS 46/201

    (750 ILCS 46/201)
    Sec. 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
    (a) The parent-child relationship is established between a person and a child by:
        (1) the woman or person having given birth to the

child, except as otherwise provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act;

(2) a presumption of the person's parentage of the

child under Section 204 of this Act unless the presumption is overcome in a judicial proceeding or a valid denial of parentage is made under Section 303 of this Act;

(3) an effective voluntary acknowledgment of

parentage by the person under Article 3 of this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

        (4) an adjudication of the person's parentage;
        (5) the person's adoption of the child;
        (6) the person's consent to assisted reproduction

under Article 7 of this Act; or

(7) the person's parentage of the child is

established under the provisions of the Gestational Surrogacy Act.

(b) (Blank).
(c) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 104-448, eff. 12-12-25.)