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

   1. (1) the woman having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act;
   2. (2) an adjudication of the woman's parentage;
   3. (3) adoption of the child by the woman;
   4. (4) a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement that complies with the Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law; or
   5. (5) an unrebutted presumption of the woman's parentage of the child under Section 204 of this Act.

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

   1. (1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's parentage of the child under Section 204 of this Act;
   2. (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voluntary acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3 of this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;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. (3) an adjudication of the man's parentage;
   4. (4) adoption of the child by the man; or
   5. (5) a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement that complies with the Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law.
3. (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.)