WELCOME TO THE PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY

A Putative Father is defined as a man who may be the child's biological father, but who is not
married to the child's mother on or before the date of the child's birth and has not established
his paternity through legal proceedings.
If you need translation assistance, please call the Putative Father Registry at 1-866-737-3237.
REGISTER
If you are a father wishing to register with the
Putative Father Registry please click here.
SEARCH
If you are a person wishing to search the
Putative Father Registry please click here.
The Putative Father Registry has five basic functions:
  1. Facilitating the efforts of putative fathers to register with the Putative Father Registry
  2. Maintaining confidentiality of the information provided by putative fathers
  3. Facilitating the efforts of interested parties to search the Registry for putative fathers
  4. Conducting searches of the Registry for interested parties to determine if a father is registered
  5. Providing search results to interested parties
CLICK THESE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION:
WHAT IS THE PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY? AN INTERESTED PARTY IS DEFINED AS: MORE INFO ON FATHERS' RIGHTS

Phone: 866-PFR-DCFS (866-737-3237)         Fax: 217-753-3492