Section 750 ILCS 46/201 - 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voluntary acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3 of this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;(3) an adjudication of the man's parentage;(4) adoption of the child by the man; or(5) a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement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. Amended by P.A. 099-0769,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2017.Added by P.A. 099-0085,§ 201, eff. 1/1/2016.