Subdivision 1 of section 487-a of the Penal Law makes it a crime for an unauthorized person or agency to "request, receive or accept any compensation * * * for placing out a child". "Placing out" is defined: "3. As used in this section the term placing out shall mean to arrange for the free care of a child in a family other than that of the child's parent * * * for the purpose of adoption...
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