Robert L. Childers is a judge in the Circuit Court of

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for the 30th Judicial District at Memphis.

Career

Judge Childers was designated by the

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in 2003 to preside over the widely publicized

Anna Mae He Anna Mae He ( or He Sijia,) was born on January 28, 1999, in the United States and was the subject of a custody battle between her Chinese biological parents, Jack and Casey He, and her white foster parents, Jerry and Louise Baker. The case, revolv ...

case. In a controversial rulin
criticised by the Hes and legal experts
Childers terminated the birth parents' parental rights. The ruling was subsequently affirmed by a majority in the

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, but was completely reversed at the

. The case led to a bill called Anna Mae He Act (Bill HB0351), which has passed Tennessee House vote in June 2007. In a separate action in the Tennessee Court of Judiciary, the Hes brough
fifteen charges against Childers
He retired on 20 June 2017.

References

External links

Anna Mae He case information site

Tennessee Supreme Court Ruling on the AMH case

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