Robert L. Childers
Robert L. Childers is a judge in the Circuit Court of Tennessee for the 30th Judicial District at Memphis.
Career
[edit]Judge Childers was designated by the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2003 to preside over the widely publicized Anna Mae He case.
In a controversial ruling criticised by the Hes and legal experts, Childers terminated the birth parents' parental rights. The ruling was subsequently affirmed by a majority in the Tennessee Court of Appeals, but was completely reversed at the Tennessee Supreme Court.
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 brought fifteen charges against Childers.
He retired on 20 June 2017.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Judge Childers' Profile
- Childers' ruling on the AMH case
- Anna Mae He case information site
- Tennessee Supreme Court Ruling on the AMH case
- Commercial Appeal Article on Childers' Ruling
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