Illinois Voluntary Acknowledgment Of Paternity {HFS 3416B}

HFS 3416B - ILLINOIS VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATERNITY. The Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity (hereafter called VAP) legally establishes the biological father and child relationship (when the biological father is not married to the child’s biological mother) and allows the biological father’s name to be placed on the birth certificate. The biological father becomes the legal father of the child when the VAP is properly signed, witnessed and filed with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (hereafter called HFS), creating certain legal rights and responsibilities for the child and the parents. The VAP may be completed before your child is born but is not valid until the child is born and the VAP is filed with HFS. A VAP (and Denial, if necessary) may be completed after you leave the hospital, and the VAP (and Denial, if necessary) may also be completed for a child born in another state. Forms that contain errors will be rejected. As a result, paternity is not established and the biological father’s name will not be placed on the birth certificate. If the biological mother is or was married to or in a civil union with a person who is not the biological father when the child was born or within 300 days before this child was born, a Denial of Parentage (hereafter called Denial) must be signed, witnessed and filed in conjunction with the completion of the VAP by the biological mother and biological father. www.FormsWorkflow.com