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750 ILCS 46/607 (2026)

No limitation; child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent

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(750 ILCS 46/607)
    Sec. 607. No limitation; child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent. A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any time, even after:
        (a) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child
    
initiates the proceeding; or
        (b) an earlier proceeding to adjudicate parentage has
    
been dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitations then in effect.
(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2023 · leading case: In re Est. of Jagodowski, 2017 IL App (2d) 160723 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
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In re Est. of Jagodowski, 2017 IL App (2d) 160723 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “750 ILCS 46/607 (West Supp. 2015). If the child has a presumed father, however, a proceeding to declare the nonexistence of the parent-child relationship between the child and the presumed father may be maintained at any time, but only by a person described under section…”
In re Est. of Jagodowski, 2017 IL App (2d) 160723 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “750 ILCS 46/607 (West Supp. 2015). If the child has a presumed father, however, a proceeding to declare the nonexistence of the parent-child relationship between the child and the presumed father may be maintained at any time, but only by a person described under section…”
In re Parentage of Miller, 2023 IL App (1st) 210774 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 5× “Pursuant to 750 ILCS 46/607 [(West 2016)], a [‘]proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any time, even after: (a) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child initiates the proceeding ***.”
— 750 ILCS 46/607(a) — 1 case
In re Parentage of Miller, 2023 IL App (1st) 210774 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “Pursuant to 750 ILCS 46/607 [(West 2016)], a [‘]proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any time, even after: (a) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child initiates the proceeding ***.”
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