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Parentage and allocation petition for father Blank form
A form to ask a judge to establish parentage if you think you are the father of a child.
Can I use this form?
To use this form, all of the following must be true:
- You are the father of the child,
- There are no court or administrative orders about your paternity of the child (including a divorce order between you and the mother that describes the child as “child of the marriage”),
- You did not sign a valid Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage (VAP) for the child,
- You are not currently married to the child’s mother, and, if you were ever married to her, you got divorced at least 300 days before the birth of the child,
- The child and the mother have certain connections to Illinois, and
- The child has not been adopted (including adoption by the mother’s husband).
NOTE: This form can be completed for multiple children at once.
What do I need first?
To complete this form, you will need to know:
- The other parent's address, age, and occupation,
- All of the addresses the child has lived at in the past 5 years,
- Whether anyone other than you and the other parent claims to have rights to make important decisions for the child,
- Whether there are any other court cases involving the parents or the children, and
- Whether you want to split decision-making responsibilities and parenting time with the other parent.
Last revised by staff
May 24, 2020
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