110 CMR 7.508 - Independent Adoptions
(1) "Independent
adoption" is any placement of a child for adoption in the Commonwealth made or
facilitated by anyone other than the Department or by anyone other than an
adoption or placement agency licensed or approved by the Department of Early
Education and Care and any placement of a child from the Commonwealth for
adoption in another state made or facilitated by anyone other than a placement
agency licensed by the receiving state and anyone other than the Department or
an adoption or placement agency licensed or approved by the Department of Early
Education and Care.
(2) Independent
adoptions are illegal in the Commonwealth. See M.G.L. c. 28A,
§ 11(c). Independent adoptions, for purposes of 110 CMR 7.508, shall
include both children placed in the Commonwealth and children placed from the
Commonwealth, for purposes of adoption.
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