An Illinois Request For Notice To Putative Father is a legal document that is used to inform an alleged father of the birth of a child and of the intention of the mother to place the child for adoption. It is part of the Illinois Adoption Act and is required in order for the adoption to be legally binding. There are two types of Illinois Request For Notice To Putative Father: Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity (VAP) and Judicial Acknowledgment of Paternity (JAP). The VAP is used when the alleged father agrees to the adoption and voluntarily acknowledges paternity. The JAP is required when the alleged father does not voluntarily acknowledge paternity, and is used to serve the father with legal notice and the opportunity to contest the adoption. The Request For Notice includes the name of the putative father, the name of the mother, the name of the child, the date of birth of the child, and the adoptive parent's name. The putative father must be served with the request for notice before the adoption can proceed.