Section 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.