Sec. 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.

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(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this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;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.