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Robert L. Childers

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Robert L. Childers is a judge in the Circuit Court of Tennessee for the 30th Judicial District at Memphis.

Career

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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

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  1. ^ "The Honorable Robert L. Childers, Circuit Court Judge for the 30th Judicial District in Shelby County, retired on June 30, 2017 | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts". www.tncourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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