
In 2015, Illinois passed the Parentage Act. This provides parentage guidelines for same-sex partners. According to this act, a person can be presumed parent of a child under the age of eighteen in the following situations:
- Spouses were married in a civil union when the child was born
- The child was born 300 days before the end of a marriage or civil union
- The child was born during a marriage or civil union, but later the union was declared invalid
- If after the child’s birth, the birth mother marries someone and also adds them to the birth certificate
Parentage laws
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