March 2004- "A Broken Family",
Jack, Casey, Andy, Avita, and Anna Mae in the photo.
People
Magazine photo-
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Jack
and Casey He Family
(Listed Chronologically. Newest at the bottom.
New items added often)
A shaky legal case tears a Chinese Family apart
In Memphis, Tennessee, a wealthy family named Jerry and Louise Baker stole a child from a poor Chinese family four years ago. Ironically, the trial judge Alissandratos in Chancery Court shifts the burden of proof onto the He family (defendants). Before Judge Alissandratos, Mr and Mrs. He has to carry the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that they are fit parents in order to defend their parental rights.
Back in June 2001, the Bakers filed a motion with judge Alissandratos entitled “Termination of Hes’ Parental Rights”, in which they accused Mr and Mrs. He of willful abandonment of their child, an accusation without corroboration. Very quickly, Judge Alissandratos issued a “no contact” court order barring Mr. and Mrs. He from seeing their child. This harsh order was issued in the absence of any evidence of child abuse. Since June 2001, the Bakers’ case of terminating Hes’ parental rights has been pending for a trial despite numerous efforts made by the Hes for a speedier trial. While a final trial has been pending, the court bars the Hes from contacting their child, who has been in the foster care of the plaintiffs.
We urge you to act quickly against such abuse of human rights.
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Shirley Downing News Report (July 23, 2001)
"TRUTH AND TIME" WILL RETURN
DAUGHTER, REPUTATION
Commercial Appeal
01/24/2002 - Updated 01:19 AM ET
Immigrant couple
wants daughter back
By Robert Davis, USA TODAY
Both sides
say money was offered for girl, 5
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal
February 25, 2004
One Down, Two To Go
Former student acquitted in one court, faces others.
Memphis Flyer, February 28, 2003
By Janel Davis
....Next for He is the remaining custody case involving his 4-year-old daughter Anna Mae, who has been living
in foster care with Jerry and Louise Baker since the child was 2 months old. "This [Criminal Court] verdict
has a great effect on the custody case because it was being used to deny visitation to Mr. He from seeing
his daughter," said Hodges. "It should have never happened like that because he had a clean record and
had not been found guilty in this case, but it was being held against him."
Girl is Chinese, father
pleads
Claims foster parents distorting heritage
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal
February 29, 2004
U.S. Couple Fights To Adopt Chinese Girl Over Parental Objections
by Woody Baird
Associated Press
March 9, 2004
MEMPHIS, Tenn.- An American couple trying to adopt a Chinese girl over the objections of her parents say she will have a better life in Memphis than she ever could in China.
August 20, 2003
Wrongly accused Chinese fights for daughter
'A Can of Worms'
Chinese parents just want daughter back
By Shirley Downing
September 29, 2003
Commercial Appeal Letters 11/01/03
Why deny parents who want their responsibility?
The case of the Chinese couple trying to get their child back ("A shaky legal case keeps family apart," Oct. 1 editorial) teaches a lesson: A parent should not voluntarily relinquish her child temporarily to an agency or another person, through the courts or otherwise, except as a last resort. It may be very difficult to get the child back. The temporary custodian's initial intent to return the child may fade, or may be halfhearted at best.
A parent who temporarily places a child with someone may be young and without financial, family and other resources. Temporary custodians who are not so disadvantaged are often in a better position to make the legal system work for them. Crowded court dockets and case continuances can result in a nightmare for a parent. More horrifying, a child might never be returned, because our legal system is not perfect.
Placing a child because of temporary problems may be a responsible act. We know the case of the Chinese parents. But how many cases are there of parents who intended to place a child temporarily but lost that child because they unwittingly placed themselves in a difficult legal position?
Stephen Brown
Memphis
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I can only hope that Chancellor D.J. Alissandratos will do the right thing before Jack He and Casey Luo are deported, and give them their daughter. This couple has been through enough. Their daughter needs time to become reacquainted with her parents before they return to China.
Kathie Fleming
Sat, Nov. 15, 2003
Judge
Steps Down From Custody Fight
Associated Press
Chinese couple want
probe of chancellor's conduct
The Commercial Appeal
November 15, 2003
11-17-2003
Accused
of bias, judge quits adoption fight over Chinese girl
The Tennessean
11-19-2003
Letter to the editor in KnoxNews
Judge right to step down in child-custody matter
I am writing this letter in response to an Associated Press article on Nov 16.
This article addresses the decision by Judge D.J. Alissandratos to step down from an international child-custody case over which he was presiding.
After reading the article, it is evident to me that Alissandratos was unfair in his handling of the case. Therefore, I agree with his decision to step down.
Social Service agents have the authority to enter and remove a child from his or her home if neglect or abuse of the child is suspected.
While this agency works avidly for the rights and safety of children, the judicial system often fails children Social Services is trying to protect. Routinely children are placed in foster care for a while and then returned to their parents who are often abusive and dangerous.
It is a vicious cycle that can cause lifelong and damaging effects on everyone involved. While Mr. He was accused of sexual assault in 1998, he was acquitted. Therefore, Anna Mae should be returned immediately to her parents.
The Hes have suffered and endured enough from our judicial system.
SHERRY MALLICOAT
Rutledge
A letter to the editor of a Tennessee
newspaper-
To whom it may Effect,
After reading the story in the paper of the Chinese couple (Mr. and Mrs.
He) that basically had their daughter stolen from them by a Bartlett
family and tyrant of a judge (Alissandratos) I can't believe that
someone / anyone will not stand up for the rights of Mr. and Mrs. He!!
This couple came to the U.S. because they were searching for the
"American Dream" and an education, but what they got instead
was the "American Nightmare Reality". Read
this whole letter
Official Letters from Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. showing their great concern
Chinese Immigrants Appeal to Get Daughter Back
Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005, 5:00 am
By Ellen Barry LA Times Staff Writer
Posted 2/22/2004 7:47 PM
2
families, 1 child and 5 long years
By Robert Davis, USA TODAY
Five years ago today, two Chinese immigrants, plagued with legal and
financial problems, gave their infant daughter to a Memphis couple they say
promised to care for the child until the parents could get back on their feet.
Shaoqiang and Qin Luo He, who go by
American names Jack
and Casey, did get back on their feet, but they didn't get their
daughter. What followed was a bitter fight for custody between the Hes and the
couple who want to adopt her, Jerry and Louise Baker.
Today the war over this little girl might finally be coming to an end in a
Memphis courtroom as both birth and foster parents try to convince a judge that
they should raise her.
Legal woes turned legal nightmare for parents
HE FAMILY
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal
February 29, 2004
Jack and Casey He story makes the New York Times
Chinese
and American Cultures Clash in Custody Battle for Girl
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: March 2, 2004
New York Times
MEMPHIS, Feb. 27 — Armed with baby pictures and tearful indignation, the two
couples come to court each day with their lawyers and supporters aligned on
either side of the cherry-paneled chambers. For five years, Jack and Casey He
and Jerry and Louise Baker have been tussling over a child who was born to the
Hes, but who ended up with the Bakers for what both sides initially agreed was a
temporary arrangement.
Chancery
Court Docket Report Results
For some reason, the case has
disappeared. Probably because we linked it.
According to reliable sources, Good Morning, America will air a story about Jack and Casey He on Wed 3, 2004 @ 8:00 am ET
Testimony differs on trauma girl faces
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal
March 3, 2004
Psychologists disagreed Tuesday about the trauma that a 5-year-old Chinese girl suffered from losing her birth parents, and the loss she would experience if taken from her American foster parents.
.....Parrish said a "no contact" order forbidding contact between the Hes and their daughter was ordered by Alissandratos at the end of a Feb. 7, 2002, hearing as other parties were leaving the courtroom. Parrish said Alissandratos told him to draft the order, and what to write.
David Siegel, who represents the Hes, has questioned whether the order came from a private conversation between Parrish and Alissandratos.
March 3, 2004
"A timeline of the He
case"
Commercial Appeal
U.S. Couple Fights to Adopt
Chinese Girl
Cultures Clash in American Couple's Fight to Adopt Chinese Girl Over
Her Parents' Objections
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 9 — An American couple trying to adopt a Chinese girl
over the objections of her parents say she will have a better life in Memphis
than she ever could in China.
Also- Same story at Washington Times
One
Child, Two Cultures — A Solomonic Decision
written by ms_sue_collins,
edited by John
(Plastic) [ read
unedited ]
posted Wed 10 Mar 8:49am
Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:52 PM
A Picture in a
Thousand Words
Thoughts on the Anna Mae He Case, Post-Good Morning, America
by Michael G. Ryan
Chinese girl's fate up to judge
By WOODY BAIRD
Associated Press
4-13-2004
From: "Dongxiao Yue" dxyue@yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:54 PM
Subject: Comments on
"Good Morning, America" about Anna Mae
Anna
Mae case sets off alarm for immigrants
By Erin Sullivan
Commercial Appeal
March 14, 2004
Petition-Reunite Anna Mae With Her Real Parents
March 15, 2004
Court
seeks faster adoptions of foster kids
By SHEILA BURKE
Staff Writer, The Tennessean
March 22, 2004
Justice Both Blind.
and Slow
Yet More Delays in Custody Battle
Editorial by Michael G. Ryan
March 26,2004
Behind the People in the He Case
Thoughts on the Anna Mae He Case in People Magazine
by Michael G. Ryan
Posted
on Fri, Mar. 26, 2004
Misunderstanding
China (again)
Centredaily.com
Opinion
March
29, 2004 People Magazine article (scanned)
PDF
format, size 1.5 Meg
This
file also includes scan of USA Today article
From: "Michael Ryan" michaelgryan2@msn.com
To: letters@commercialappeal.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:44 AM
Subject: Regarding the article "Girl Laughs, Plays, Learns as Judge Weighs Custody Fight"
Editorial 05/10: Wisdom of Solomon needed for Anna case
May 10, 2004
Commercial Appeal
Ruling on Anna Mae due this week
Two couples await decision on custody
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 10, 2004
Posted 5/11/2004 11:31 PM
A culture clash at the heart of a painful custody battle
By Robert Davis, USA TODAY
Don't miss the Related Stories in the sidebar.
Judge
rules against biological parents
Paves way for girl to stay in U.S., be
adopted by foster family
Posted: May 13, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
American Family Rights Association has advocated for the He's since April 2003. This case is typical of the War against families. Americans should be very, very ashamed of this injustice. The best interest of the child theory will someday be infamous in the shrine of the Family Holocaust. We share heart-felt grief with Jack and Casey He. Luckily, they can run to "safety" in China, where only their BOY will be endangered by child snatchers. That is, if they can get out of the US before CPS snatches their other 2 babies.
Memorandum
Opinion and Order of Judgment
PDF
Format, Size 260k
(Please note- this is the original court PDF. It displays "errors" when it loads. Just hit "OK" and the file will run)
NEW! Cleaned html version of Memorandum Opinion and Order of Judgment Size 129k
Posted by: George Metaxas, 5/12/04, 5:45 p.m.
Click here to read the judge's ruling
WMC TV Memphis
Tenn. couple to keep custody of girl, USA Today, (May 13, 2004)
Chinese Parents Not Tricked, Judge Says in Custody Case, New York Times (May 13, 2004)
Chinese Parents Lose Custody Fight, Associated Press (May 13, 2004)
Chinese parents lose four-year custody fight for their daughter to American couple
By Associated Press
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Is
White Right ~ as
ususal
in USA child custody disputes
Robert Shepherd
 Jerry and Louise Baker listen to their attorney, Larry Parrish, at a Memphis news conference after they won custody of their foster daughter. camera works Photo Credit: Mark Weber -- Commercial Appeal |
washingtonpost.com
NATION IN BRIEF
Thursday, May 13, 2004; Page A09
Judge Won't Reunite Couple and Daughter
MEMPHIS -- A judge ruled that a Chinese immigrant couple were unfit to raise their 5-year-old daughter, leaving her in the custody of the American foster family who has raised her.
Judge Robert L. Childers terminated the parental rights of Shaoqiang and Qin Luo He, who have tried for four years to get back the daughter they put in foster care because of financial hardships.
The judge said it was in the best interest of Anna Mae to stay with the family of Jerry and Louise Baker, whom she has lived with since she was a month old.
Judge's
ruling outrages Chinese
By Sherri Drake
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 14, 2004
Editorial 05/14: Quick resolution needed for Anna Mae
May 14, 2004
OCA Deeply Upset over Memphis Child Custody Case
No bias, says Anna Mae judge
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 15, 2004
Don't miss the text of the judge's statement.
Note- the court is now interested in the money people have donated to help defend the case (on both sides). State transcripts costs could run $40,000 to $50,000, along with related charges. So the state is going to snatch all the money too?
Anna ruling unexpected
Court referee indicated Hes would get daughter back
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 18, 2004
Not at all unexpected or surprising to Family Advocates. These absurd "decisions" are made thousands of times a week in unconstitutional Family Courts based on the "Best Interest of the Child" criteria. Which criteria was fabricated by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Unratified by the United States. Used as the pretext to disfranchise biological parents on the whim of the state (and to the benefit of the state). Foreign law enforced in the US is highly unconstitutional. Nobody cares but the disfranchised.
May 18, 2004
Public
Statements by Jack and Casey He and Their Supporters
Regarding the Honorable Judge Robert Childers' Ruling on Termination of Parental
Rights
New!
PDF version of He Public Statements (size- 208k)
Anna
Mae decision botched by judge
By Wendi C. Thomas
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 20, 2004
Parents appeal Anna Mae ruling
Statement by Hes labels Childers as 'a biased, prejudiced and lying judge'
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 20, 2004
...Louise Baker said it felt as if bricks had been taken from her chest. "God is the one who did it for us," she told friends last week who called to share the family's happiness.
Speaking as a CHRISTIAN myself, that statement made my stomach turn and fills me with shame.
Chinese
Parents Appeal Custody Decision
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 19, 2004
Filed at 11:10 p.m. ET
Judging from some opinions, legal experts both respectful and shocked
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 20, 2004
Anybody who could defend this decision looks to us like system spin-doctors.
5-24-2004
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/shyp/200405240423.asp
Article in Chinese
May 24, 2004
He Family Unity
Fund
Jing Huang huang093098@yahoo.com wrote:
Dear supporters
The local Hes supporters in Memphis held a press conference today to announce
the incorporation of He Family Unity Fund and denounce Judge
Childers ruling in Anna Mae custody case at 12:00PM central time. We expressed
our solidarity to stand behind the Hes and our resolute to challenge the judge's
decision in Supreme Court. Major local medias CBS channel 3, NBC channel 5, Fox
News Channel 13, ABC channel 24 and Commercial Appeal, Memphis Flyers were
present and will cover the story in today's evening news.
Please visit-
Childers ruling insensitive to China culture, group says
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
May 25, 2004
This page is translated from Chinese. Phoenix TV will be broadcasting the story on June 6, 2004
On
6th Chinatown: Where is He Mei's family
On May 31, 2004 10:52
6-2-2004
Statement
of American Family Rights Association
Regarding the Jack and Casey He case in Tennessee
On Phoenix TV in China- A huge online documentation of the He case. This page is translated from Chinese through Altavista Babelfish, so it is a tad slow. When you click on any of the numerous links, they will be translated for you "on the fly".
For the return of their daughter, the Hes have waged a tug of war over Anna Mae.
For people who read Chinese,
the actual link is-
http://www.phoenixtv.com/home/zhuanti/fhxd/hemei/index1283.html
Hes divided over
appeal
'Jack' wants to give up legal battle, return to China
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal
June 11, 2004
6-14-2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2004-06/14/content_1523985.htm
Article in Chinese
Change of Mind
Chinese couple to remain in Memphis, continue appeal for daughter.
Janel Davis | 6/25/2004
Memphis Flyer
July 4, 2004
Anna
Mae Case: A Test for the U.S. Judicial System
On May 12, 2004, Tennessee Judge Robert Childers terminated the parental rights
of Chinese immigrants, Jack and Casey He, allowing a local mortgage banker and
his wife, Jerry and Louise Baker, to adopt the He's' five-year-old daughter,
Anna Mae, away from them.
In the Name of Love
Now on appeal, the Anna Mae He case could change Tennessee's juvenile custody
laws.
BY JANEL DAVIS
Memphis Flyer
JULY 22, 2004
Lawyers offer aid to Hes
3 schools want to submit briefs
By Shirley Downing
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
December 11, 2004
From: "Jack and Casey He" <welcome0718@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: 3 Amicus Briefs filed for Anna Mae Appeal
Attached you may find three amicus briefs filed by third parties across the country to help the Court of Appeals in its decision making.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
Casey and Jack He
February 17 2005
Chinese
Immigrants Appeal to Get Daughter Back
The girl, 6, remains with foster parents after her mother and father lost
custody in a ruling that some say was colored by cultural bias.
By Ellen Barry, LA Times Staff Writer
Two couples fight for girl
By TAJUANA CHESHIER
jacksonsun.com
Feb 17 2005
A Chinese couple continued their five-year battle to regain parental rights to their 6-year-old daughter, Anna Mae, on Wednesday in the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Jackson.
Please access these links for the latest information
on the status of Anna Mae Appeal:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050217/ts_latimes/chineseimmigrantsappealtogetdaughterback
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-16-chinese-custody_x.htm?csp=34
http://courttv.com/news/2005/0215/chinese_ap.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/02/15/national/a000556S27.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/02/16/national/a153611S62.DTL
April 6, 2005
COLUMN ONE
Whose Child Is This?
Anna Mae, 6, is in the midst of a custody dispute between two sets of parents. It is a battle of cultures, credibility and, they all say, love.
By Ellen Barry, Times Staff Writer
At 4:30 pm of May 12, Childers completed his
verdict and waited no time releasing his 72-page opinion (supposed to be
sealed adoption file) to news media electronically before we could even
receive it. Actually, our two attorneys, Mr. Siegel and Mr.
Gordon, did not receive the ruling either by email or by mail but had to
obtain a copy off a website eventually. Other than character
assassinations of the birth parents, Childers's opinion contains unfounded
assumptions, illogical inferences, and distortion of facts.
Accompanied by termination of custodial AND parental rights, Judge's ruling
bars our family (including Anna Mae's two siblings, Andy and Avita) from
contacting Anna Mae, direct or indirect. So the siblings' rights of Andy
and Avita are stripped off, as well.
Then on May 14 (only two days after his ruling), Judge Childers took the
initiative to issue a well-prepared public statement to news media, trying to
justify his decision. Childers encouraged the public to read his opinion
off the Internet. His public speech, intending to affect the outcome of
our appeal, was quickly and widely broadcast.
As parents, we had never been judged neglectful, harmful, abusive, or unfit
until the day of his ruling, in which Childers declared us to be unfit
parents. How can we be unfit to one child and fit to the other
two? Do Andy and Avita have the rights to associate with their
sister? We don't have an answer. At present, we are worried
that our other two kids might be taken away from us because we were ruled
"unfit".
Jul 21, 8:11 PM EDT
Immigrant groups protest judge's Supreme Court candidacy
By MATT GOURAS
Associated Press Writer (Commercial Appeal)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Immigrant groups from Memphis protested on Thursday a judge's nomination to fill a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court, saying he showed prejudice in ruling that a Chinese couple couldn't keep their child.
But Memphis circuit court judge Robert "Butch" Childers was not among the three finalists picked by the state Judicial Selection Commission to fill the seat vacated by Chief Justice Frank Drowota. The governor makes the final choice.
The panel picked Livingston circuit court judge John Turnbull, Nashville court of appeals judge Bill Koch, and state Supreme Court administrative director and former circuit court judge Connie Clark.
Bob Cooper, the governor's attorney, was not picked by the panel.
Eight judges applied for the court's first vacancy in seven years. The person selected by the governor serves until the August 2006 election, and then would appear on the ballot with the other justices for a "yes" or "no" retention vote for a full term.
Representatives from the Greater Memphis United Chinese Association and the Greater Memphis Immigrant Task Force spoke to the commission denouncing Childers.
They said Childers showed racial prejudice in a case last year over whether a Chinese couple abandoned the 6-year-old daughter at the center of a five-year custody fight. The judge ruled in favor of allowing an American couple to keep the girl.
"We believe he allowed his bias and prejudices to cloud a legal decision," Jinliang Cai told the commission.
In pitching Childers candidacy to the commission, supporters said the judge is competent, fair and intelligent.
"He does not back away from controversy," said Memphis attorney Dorothy Pounders.
The case of the Chinese child is currently under appeal.
Drowota, who is chief justice and the second longest serving member in the court's history, announced June 6 that he will retire in September, ending a tenure that began in 1980.
July 22, 2005
Immigrant groups protest judge's Supreme Court candidacy
WVLT VOLUNTEER TV
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Immigrant groups from Memphis today protested a judge's nomination to fill a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court.
They said Circuit Court judge Robert Childers showed prejudice in ruling that a Chinese couple couldn't keep their child.
The state Judicial Selection Commission met in Nashville to pick three finalists for the seat vacated by Chief Justice Frank
Drowota. The governor makes the final choice.
Representatives from the Greater Memphis United Chinese Association and the Greater Memphis Immigrant Task Force spoke to the commission denouncing Childers.
Three finalists for state Supreme Court
By MATT GOURAS
The Associated Press (Jackson Sun)
Jul 22 2005
NASHVILLE - Immigrant groups from Memphis protested on Thursday a judge's nomination to fill a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court, saying he showed prejudice in ruling that a Chinese couple couldn't keep their child.
 "Judge" Robert Childers, the very face of evil, didn't make it. |
Finalists picked for spot on court
Memphis applicants fail to win panel's approval
By Richard Locker
July 22, 2005
Judging Judges
John Branston
Memphis Flyer
Short work days and long summer break are
the rule for some judges
November 23, 2005
The five-year child custody dispute over a 6-year-old Chinese girl has been
decided by Tennessee Court of Appeals.
To see the Appeals Court ruling, go to: http://tscaoc.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/CURRENT/DisplayDirectory.asp
To see news media report, go to: http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=4161457
Ruling Is Upheld in Parental-Rights
Case
By WOODY BAIRD
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 23, 2005; 7:23 PM
Hes lose appeal for Anna Mae
Parental rights remain revoked; next stop Tenn. Supreme Court
By Shirley Downing
Commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN
November 24, 2005
February 3, 2006
A greeting letter to our beloved daughter, Anna Mae, for her 7th birthday.
Knoxville man fights for the daughter he has not seen in five years
WBIR.com
March 22, 2006
Updated:2006-04-24 20:52:19
Tennessee high court to hear Chinese custody appeal
By WOODY BAIRD
AP
Tenn. high court to hear Hes' plea
Birth parents seeking return of child
By Richard Locker
April 25, 2006
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Chinese Parents Win Back Their Daughter
By WOODY BAIRD
Updated: 3:37 p.m. PT Jan 23, 2007
Associated Press
Tenn. court rules
for Chinese parents in dispute
Biological parents should be reunited with daughter after 7-plus years
Updated: 4:56 p.m. PT Jan 23, 2007
Associated Press
Supreme Court ruling:
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/PDF/071/AMHOPN.pdf
| Subject: | Tenn custody case: A final chapter |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:34:49 -0700 (PDT) |
| From: | Qin Luo <qinluochinese@yahoo.com> |
| To: | leonard@oregonfamilyrights.com |
Wednesday, 05/02/07
Efforts
to codify Chinese custody case delayed in House
Bill
would fix inequity raised in He custody case
Clarifies 'abandoning' - birth parents said visits barred
By Richard Locker
Memphis Commercial Appeal
May 3, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court declines a child custody case
| Subject: | U.S. Supreme Court declines a child custody case |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:46:45 -0700 (PDT) |
| From: | Qin Luo <qinluochinese@yahoo.com> |
| To: | leonard@oregonfamilyrights.com |
Girl at center of US custody fight soon heading to China, dad says
Chinese-born Jack and Casey He, who regained custody of their daughter last summer after a seven-year court battle, were granted voluntary departure status Thursday, clearing the way for a less-stigmatized return to their native China.
The voluntary departure, which was approved by a federal immigration judge, is a compromise available to noncitizens facing deportation, a procedure that would have barred them from seeking a return to the United States for at least 10 years. A return will now involve fewer hurdles.
Jack He, who already has purchased airline tickets with the help of church donations, said he and his wife want their three American-born children, including 9-year-old Anna, to meet their four aging grandparents for the first time.
"Anna does not mind going to China for a visit, but she says she is not ready to live there," said He, whose other children are Andy, 7, and Avita, 5. "Personally, I would prefer to be in China, but it depends on her emotional and psychological adjustment. We also have two other children. If an American company or a Chinese company in America hired me, we could come back here legally."
He, who has two master's degrees, has been working as a janitor at a Memphis church, but said he could make a comfortable living for his family as a professor in China.
Full Story-
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jan/04/decision-may-help-he-family/
He
family, with reclaimed daughter Anna, head to parents' home country
By Cindy Wolff (Contact)
Friday, February 8, 2008
commercialappeal.com
February 8, 2008
ABCNEWS.com: Caught Between Two Families
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4265408
2-29-2008
New Stories from China (Translated by Babel
Fish)
He Mei present life is very happy
The young He plum anticipated goes study the international school
This year newly hires three professors to come my courtyard work
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Other websites carrying the He Story- For
Parental Rights and Justice http://reliableanswers.com/cps/he.asp This site now seems to be in Chinese only |
