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750 ILCS 46/301 (2026)

Voluntary acknowledgment

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(750 ILCS 46/301)
    Sec. 301. Voluntary acknowledgment. A parent-child relationship may be established voluntarily by the signing and witnessing of a voluntary acknowledgment in accordance with Section 12 of the Vital Records Act and Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. A woman or person who gave birth to a child and an alleged genetic parent of the child, a presumed parent under Section 204, or an intended parent under Article 7, may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish the parentage of the child. The voluntary acknowledgment shall contain the social security numbers or tax identification numbers of the persons signing the voluntary acknowledgment; however, failure to include the social security numbers of the persons signing a voluntary acknowledgment does not invalidate the voluntary acknowledgment.
(Source: P.A. 104-448, eff. 1-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2020–2026 · leading case: In re A.S., 2020 IL App (1st) 200616 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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In re A.S., 2020 IL App (1st) 200616 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “750 ILCS 46/301 (West.Supp. 2017). ¶ 38 Section 12 of the Vital Records Act specifically requires that when a child is born to an unmarried woman or a married woman whose husband is not the child’s father, the parties are - 10 - No.”
Illinois Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs. v. Robinson, 2023 IL App (4th) 221025-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “3A(1); 750 ILCS 46/301 (West 2022). A properly executed, signed, and filed VPA in either Iowa or Illinois has the full force and effect of a judicial determination of parentage and can serve as a basis for child support.”
Breiter v. Santoro, 2024 IL App (5th) 210248-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “See 750 ILCS 46/301 (West 2020). Once executed: “(a) A voluntary acknowledgment and any related denial may be challenged only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact by filing a verified petition under this Section within 2 years after the effective date of…”
In re Parentage of S.D.D., 2026 IL App (1st) 251004-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “On September 21, 2017, petitioner filed a pro se “complaint” pursuant to section 301 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 (Act) (750 ILCS 46/301 (West 2018)) voluntarily acknowledging his paternity and seeking an order establishing a parent-child relationship between him and…”
People v. Cichocki, 2023 IL App (1st) 210853 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 750 ILCS 46/301 (West 2016). Additionally, Section 12 of the Vital Records Act requires that when a child is born to an unmarried woman or a married woman whose husband is not the child's father, the parties are provided an opportunity to sign a voluntary acknowledgment of…”
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