Illinois Legal DNA Testing Laws & Statutes

Illinois Legal Paternity DNA Testing Laws & Statutes:

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According to the Laws of Illinois and statute 750 ILCS 45/Sec 4.

How Parent and Child Paternity Relationship Established?

The parent and child relationship between a child and
(1) the natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child, or under this Act;
(2) the natural father may be established under this Act;

(3) an adoptive parent may be established by proof of adoption, or by records established pursuant to Section 16 of the "Vital Records Act", approved August 8, 1961, as amended. (Source: P.A. 83-1372.) (750 ILCS 45/4.1)

Sec. 4.1. Administrative paternity determinations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may make administrative determinations of paternity and nonpaternity in accordance with Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. These determinations of paternity or nonpaternity shall have the full force and effect of udgments entered under this Act. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

Sec. 5. Presumption of Paternity. (750 ILCS 45/5) (from Ch. 40, par. 2505)
(a) A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if:
(1) he and the child's natural mother are or have been married to each other, even though the marriage is or could be declared invalid, and the child is born or conceived during such marriage;

(2) after the child's birth, he and the child's natural mother have married each other, even though the marriage is or could be declared invalid, and he is named, with his written consent, as the child's father on the child's birth certificate;

(3) he and the child's natural mother have signed an acknowledgment of paternity in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services under Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or [More]