(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;
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         (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paternity by the man under Article 3 of this Act, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;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.
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