Anna Mae He Goes to Birth Parents
Memphis, Tenn. (WHBQ) -- She's been in Jerry and Louise Baker's care since she was three-weeks-old. Now at seven, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled Anna Mae He must go back to her biological parents.
"My lawyer Mr. Siegel told me the good news on the phone. I felt very happy, excited and grateful," said Jack He, Anna Mae's biological dad.
The He's and their other daughter, four-year-old Avita were all smiles Tuesday, despite spending the day at the hospital while six-year-old son Andy underwent surgery.
The couple's already planning what they'll do with Anna Mae first.
"Play with her. Get some toys. Introduce her to her brother and sister," said Jack He.
State justices got the case last fall. It followed an appeal from a decision in 2004 in which a Memphis judge took the He's parental rights away, giving the gi
2007-01-23 15:10:10 · 6 answers · asked by D NICE! 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
The Bakers never had the right to adopt her. They were trying to terminate the parental rights of the Hes in order to adopt her. The only agreement that the Hes ever made with the Bakers is that it should be a temporary foster care arrangement, that they would be allowed visits and that they would get Anna Mae back. The Bakers broke the agreement on all three counts.
Once the Bakers decided they wanted to keep her, they fought the visits of the Hes, and then cut them out all together. They illegally prevented the Hes from visiting, thus cutting off all contact between Anna Mae and her biological parents. This was WHILE the case was still in court, and they didn't know who would end up with her!
Thus, the Bakers and the courts (dragging out the case for years, making the completely wrong decisions in the lower courts) are responsible for killing the emotional bonds that existed between them. Now, any emotional trauma that Anna Mae endures will be because the Bakers gambled with her well-being, and decided that no matter what the outcome of the case, they wanted to make sure that she had no contact with her biological parents.
They wanted to use this as an argument to keep her, by saying that she shouldn't have to suffer from a custody change. But the reason that she would suffer is because they prevented her from bonding with her parents in the first place. Is there anything more monstrous than what the Bakers deliberately did? Their "love" for Anna Mae is the most selfish love of all.
The Bakers never should have cut off visits for as long as the outcome was in doubt. They did this illegally. The lower courts made the wrong decisions because they were biased against the Hes. This is a tragedy, but the most blame must be laid at the feet of the twisted court system and the selfishness of the Baker family, who wanted Anna all to themselves, and in so doing have set her up for the most pain possible.
Everyone should read the final decision. They did a good job of boiling down all the thousands of issues to the ones that truly matter.
2007-01-25 05:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the Bakers were a**holes for taking her in the first place. They knew it was wrong and there is tons of proof to show they got TEMP. guardianship so she could get health care coverage. They took advantage of a tough situation to get what they wanted and took a little girl away from her family. I am cheering for the He's all the way. If it had been my daughter that was taken away, I would have lost my mind, i'd have been so angry and betrayed.
And the only reason they got her in the first place was cause that TN judge decided that living in an affluent city and family would be better for her than living with her family in China. Pretentious jerk.
2007-01-23 23:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by patti_jim_reynolds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bakers are shameless, bankrupt losers! So is that incompetent 'Judge' Childers. God will send them where they belong. Here is a picture for those: http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2004-08/09/xinsrc_1408010920352032951014.jpg
2007-01-26 07:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Justice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, AMH should reunite with his biological parents. It's such a straightforward case. Mr. and Mrs. He have never WILLFULLY abandoned AMH. In fact, they have filed multiple petitions to regain the custody of AMH even during the claimed 4 months abandon period of time by Mr. and Mrs. Bakers.
The means used by Mr. and Mrs. Bakers and their Lawyer Mr. Parrish during the years to take AMH away from her own parents are calculating, manipulative, selfish, cruel and despicable. Mr. Parish repeatedly subpenoed the employers of Mr. He so they will fire Mr. He and cut down the only source of income of He's familly because of Mr. He's illegal immigration status. Mr and Mrs Bakers repeatedly called local immigration office to report He's familly in an attempt to deport He's familly before the court hearing and meanwhile kept filing the petition to delay the court hearings. Fortunately, the immigration office made the right decision to withold the deportation until after the court hearing. Mr. and Mrs. Bakers filed claims that Mr. He is not the biological father of AMH, asked Mr. He to provide DNA proof, which Mr. He eventually give in, and the lab test confirms Mr. He is the biological father to AMH. Then Mr. and Mrs. Baker asked court to order Hes to pay for all the fees related to the DNA test, which is of tens of thousand of dollars - and the court ordered that, unbelievably. There are just too many of them. Mr. and Mrs Baker is far from what they want you to believe they are. What they have done to AMH and her familly is irrevokable and unbelievable. They are a just pair of desperate couple who will do whatever they can to take AMH away from her own familly, even it means a complete destroy of He's familly and AMH bondage with her parents. I find it shocking!!!
The ruling by Judge Childers in 2004 is appalling, and unbelievable - I totally lost my confidence in Tenesse's justice system after hearing the ruling.
2007-01-25 17:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by anonymous 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is too late for the biological parents to step up. This poor baby would be soooo scared and confused to be taken from her home now and put with the parents who lost their rights. Seven years is a long time to uproot and relocate. I think it would do more harm for Anna than good.
2007-01-24 00:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by Weezy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-23 23:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by lavendergirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋