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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 103 and the heading of Article 7 and by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Sections 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, and 709 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (750 ILCS 46/103)
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9 | Sec. 103. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) "Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | father-child relationship under Article 3.
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12 | (b) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | authorized under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | be the father of a child.
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16 | (c) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | or is alleged to be, the biological father or a possible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | biological father of a child, but whose paternity has not been | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | established. The term does not include:
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20 | (1) a presumed parent or acknowledged father; or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or
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22 | declared not to exist.
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23 | (d) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of achieving a |
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1 | pregnancy though an artificial insemination or an embryo | ||||||
2 | transfer and includes gamete and embryo donation. "Assisted | ||||||
3 | reproduction" does not include any pregnancy achieved through | ||||||
4 | sexual intercourse (Reserved) . | ||||||
5 | (e) "Child" means an individual of any age whose parentage | ||||||
6 | may be established under this Act.
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7 | (f) "Combined paternity index" means the likelihood of | ||||||
8 | paternity calculated by computing the ratio between:
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9 | (1) the likelihood that the tested man is the father, | ||||||
10 | based on the genetic markers of the tested man, mother, and | ||||||
11 | child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is | ||||||
12 | the father of the child; and
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13 | (2) the likelihood that the tested man is not the | ||||||
14 | father, based on the genetic markers of the tested man, | ||||||
15 | mother, and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the | ||||||
16 | tested man is not the father of the child and that the | ||||||
17 | father is of the same ethnic or racial group as the tested | ||||||
18 | man.
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19 | (g) "Commence" means to file the initial pleading seeking | ||||||
20 | an adjudication of parentage in the circuit court of this | ||||||
21 | State.
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22 | (h) "Determination of parentage" means the establishment | ||||||
23 | of the parent-child relationship by the signing of a voluntary | ||||||
24 | acknowledgment under Article 3 of this Act or adjudication by | ||||||
25 | the court or as authorized under Article X of the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Public Aid Code.
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1 | (i) "Donor" means an individual who participates in an | ||||||
2 | assisted reproductive technology
arrangement by providing | ||||||
3 | gametes and relinquishes all rights and
responsibilities to the | ||||||
4 | gametes so that another individual or individuals may
become | ||||||
5 | the legal parent or parents of any resulting child. "Donor" | ||||||
6 | does not include a spouse in any
assisted reproductive | ||||||
7 | technology arrangement in which his or her spouse will parent | ||||||
8 | any
resulting child (Reserved) . | ||||||
9 | (j) "Ethnic or racial group" means, for purposes of genetic | ||||||
10 | testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as | ||||||
11 | all or part of the individual's ancestry or that is so | ||||||
12 | identified by other information.
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13 | (k) "Gamete" means either a sperm or an egg.
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14 | (l) "Genetic testing" means an analysis of genetic markers | ||||||
15 | to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the | ||||||
16 | mother of a child as provided in Article 4 of this Act.
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17 | (m) "Gestational mother" means an adult woman who gives | ||||||
18 | birth to a child pursuant to the terms of a valid gestational | ||||||
19 | surrogacy contract.
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20 | (n) "Parent" means an individual who has established a | ||||||
21 | parent-child relationship under Section 201 of this Act.
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22 | (o) "Parent-child relationship" means the legal | ||||||
23 | relationship between a child and a parent of the child. | ||||||
24 | (p) "Presumed parent" means an individual who, by operation | ||||||
25 | of law under Section 204 of this Act, is recognized as the | ||||||
26 | parent of a child until that status is rebutted or confirmed in |
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1 | a judicial or administrative proceeding.
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2 | (q) "Probability of paternity" means the measure, for the | ||||||
3 | ethnic or racial group to which the alleged father belongs, of | ||||||
4 | the probability that the man in question is the father of the | ||||||
5 | child, compared with a random, unrelated man of the same ethnic | ||||||
6 | or racial group, expressed as a percentage incorporating the | ||||||
7 | combined paternity index and a prior probability.
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8 | (r) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a | ||||||
9 | tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other | ||||||
10 | medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
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11 | (s) "Signatory" means an individual who authenticates a | ||||||
12 | record and is bound by its terms.
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13 | (t) "State" means a state of the United States, the | ||||||
14 | District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin | ||||||
15 | Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the | ||||||
16 | jurisdiction of the United States.
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17 | (u) "Substantially similar legal relationship" means a | ||||||
18 | relationship recognized in this State under Section 60 of the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. | ||||||
20 | (v) "Support-enforcement agency" means a public official | ||||||
21 | or agency authorized to seek:
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22 | (1) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to | ||||||
23 | the duty of support;
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24 | (2) establishment or modification of child support;
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25 | (3) determination of parentage; or
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26 | (4) location of child-support obligors and their |
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1 | income and assets.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16 .) | ||||||
3 | (750 ILCS 46/Art. 7 heading) | ||||||
4 | ARTICLE 7. CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION (RESERVED)
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5 | (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.) | ||||||
6 | (750 ILCS 46/701 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 701. Scope of Article. Except as described in this | ||||||
8 | Article, this Article does not apply to the birth of a child | ||||||
9 | conceived by means of sexual intercourse or a child born as a | ||||||
10 | result of a valid gestational surrogacy arrangement meeting the | ||||||
11 | requirements of the Gestational Surrogacy Act. | ||||||
12 | (750 ILCS 46/702 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 702. Parental status of donor. Except as provided in | ||||||
14 | this Act, a donor is not a parent of a child conceived by means | ||||||
15 | of assisted reproduction. | ||||||
16 | (750 ILCS 46/703 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 703. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. | ||||||
18 | (a) Any individual who is an intended parent as defined by | ||||||
19 | this Act is the legal parent of any resulting child. If the | ||||||
20 | donor and the intended parent have been represented by | ||||||
21 | independent counsel and entered into a written legal agreement | ||||||
22 | in which the donor relinquishes all rights and responsibilities |
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1 | to any resulting child, the intended parent is the parent of | ||||||
2 | the child. An agreement under this subsection shall be entered | ||||||
3 | into prior to any insemination or embryo transfer. | ||||||
4 | (b) If a person makes an anonymous gamete donation without | ||||||
5 | a designated intended parent at the time of the gamete | ||||||
6 | donation, the intended parent is the parent of any resulting | ||||||
7 | child if the anonymous donor relinquished his or her parental | ||||||
8 | rights in writing at the time of donation. The written | ||||||
9 | relinquishment shall be directed to the entity to which the | ||||||
10 | donor donated his or her gametes. | ||||||
11 | (c) An intended parent may seek a court order confirming | ||||||
12 | the existence of a parent-child relationship prior to or after | ||||||
13 | the birth of a child based on compliance with subsection (a) or | ||||||
14 | (b) of this Section. | ||||||
15 | (d) If the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section | ||||||
16 | are not met, or subsection (b) of this Section is found by a | ||||||
17 | court to be inapplicable, a court of competent jurisdiction | ||||||
18 | shall determine parentage based on evidence of the parties' | ||||||
19 | intent at the time of donation. | ||||||
20 | (750 ILCS 46/704 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 704. Withdrawal of consent of intended parent or | ||||||
22 | donor. An intended parent or donor may withdraw consent to use | ||||||
23 | his or her gametes in a writing or legal pleading with notice | ||||||
24 | to the other participants. An intended parent who withdraws | ||||||
25 | consent under this Section prior to the insemination or embryo |
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1 | transfer is not a parent of any resulting child. If a donor | ||||||
2 | withdraws consent to his or her donation prior to the | ||||||
3 | insemination or the combination of gametes, the intended parent | ||||||
4 | is not the parent of any resulting child. | ||||||
5 | (750 ILCS 46/705 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 705. Parental status of deceased individual. If an | ||||||
7 | individual consents in a writing to be a parent of any child | ||||||
8 | born of his or her gametes posthumously, and dies before the | ||||||
9 | insemination of the individual's gametes or embryo transfer, | ||||||
10 | the deceased individual is a parent of any resulting child born | ||||||
11 | within 36 months of the death of the deceased individual. | ||||||
12 | (750 ILCS 46/706 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 706. Inheritance rights of posthumous child. | ||||||
14 | Notwithstanding Section 705, the rights of a posthumous child | ||||||
15 | to an inheritance or to property under an instrument shall be | ||||||
16 | governed by the provisions of the Probate Act of 1975. | ||||||
17 | (750 ILCS 46/707 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 707. Burden of proof. Parentage established under | ||||||
19 | Section 703, a withdrawal of consent under Section 704, or a | ||||||
20 | proceeding to declare the non-existence of the parent-child | ||||||
21 | relationship under Section 708 of this Act must be proven by | ||||||
22 | clear and convincing evidence. |
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1 | (750 ILCS 46/708 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 708. Limitation on proceedings to declare the | ||||||
3 | non-existence of the parent-child relationship. An action to | ||||||
4 | declare the non-existence of the parent-child relationship | ||||||
5 | under this Article shall be barred if brought more than 2 years | ||||||
6 | following the birth of the child. | ||||||
7 | (750 ILCS 46/709 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 709. Establishment of parentage; requirements of | ||||||
9 | Gestational Surrogacy Act. | ||||||
10 | (a) In the event of gestational surrogacy, in addition to | ||||||
11 | the requirements of the Gestational Surrogacy Act, a | ||||||
12 | parent-child relationship is established between a person and a | ||||||
13 | child if all of the following conditions are met prior to the | ||||||
14 | birth of the child: | ||||||
15 | (1) The gestational surrogate certifies that she did | ||||||
16 | not provide a gamete for the child, and that she is | ||||||
17 | carrying the child for the intended parents. | ||||||
18 | (2) The spouse, if any, of the gestational surrogate | ||||||
19 | certifies that he or she did not provide a gamete for the | ||||||
20 | child. | ||||||
21 | (3) Each intended parent certifies that the child being | ||||||
22 | carried by the gestational surrogate was conceived using at | ||||||
23 | least one of the intended parents' gametes. | ||||||
24 | (4) A physician certifies that the child being carried | ||||||
25 | by the gestational surrogate was conceived using the gamete |
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1 | or gametes of at least one of the intended parents, and | ||||||
2 | that neither the gestational surrogate nor the gestational | ||||||
3 | surrogate's spouse, if any, provided gametes for the child | ||||||
4 | being carried by the gestational surrogate. | ||||||
5 | (5) The attorneys for the intended parents and the | ||||||
6 | gestational surrogate each certify that the parties | ||||||
7 | entered into a gestational surrogacy agreement intended to | ||||||
8 | satisfy the requirements of the Gestational Surrogacy Act. | ||||||
9 | (b) All certifications under this Section shall be in | ||||||
10 | writing and witnessed by 2 competent adults who are not the | ||||||
11 | gestational surrogate, gestational surrogate's spouse, if any, | ||||||
12 | or an intended parent. Certifications shall be on forms | ||||||
13 | prescribed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and | ||||||
14 | shall be executed prior to the birth of the child. All | ||||||
15 | certifications shall be provided, prior to the birth of the | ||||||
16 | child, to both the hospital where the gestational surrogate | ||||||
17 | anticipates the delivery will occur and to the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Department of Public Health. | ||||||
19 | (c) Parentage established in accordance with this Section | ||||||
20 | has the full force and effect of a judgment entered under this | ||||||
21 | Act. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Illinois Department of Health shall adopt rules to | ||||||
23 | implement this Section.
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24 | (750 ILCS 40/Act rep.)
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25 | Section 10. The Illinois Parentage Act is repealed.
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