Couple Seeks to Adopt Other Couple’s Child
The state of Tennessee is seeking to prevent a couple from adopting another couple’s child. Jerry and Louise Baker want to adopt eight-year-old Anna Mae He, who they have raised since she was a month old. Shaoqiangm He and his wife are seeking to reunite with their daughter.
Anna Mae was put into foster care in 1999 after her father lost his graduate school scholarship at the University of Memphis and went unemployed. Their child custody fight has now dragged through the Tennessee courts for over seven years.
The State Supreme Court recently ruled Anna Mae must be returned to her birth parents. The Bakers have filed a petition with the federal district court to have the Tennessee decision reversed.
