From CBS News:
Anna Mae e was left in the United States by her Chinese parents when she was just 2 years old. Since then, she has lived with foster parents in Tennessee and is about to turn 8.
After a long legal battle, the Tennessee Supreme Court cleared the way for her to be reunited with her biological parents, Shaoqiang and Qin Luo He…
“The prolonged litigation as reported in your piece is really tragic,” Lee Allen, policy director with the National Council for Adoption, told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm. “Unfortunately, it’s not that unusual. There are about 500,000 children living in temporary care across America who cannot wait for courts to make decisions.” [Full Text]
See also Anna Mae Case: A Test for the U.S. Judicial System from kidsjacked.com
Related AP report: “Court lets Chinese parents reclaim daughter from U.S. couple after 7 years” says, “When the Hes tried to get their daughter back, the Bakers refused to give her up, and they have been trying to adopt her. They have said the girl has no connection to her biological parents and would have a better life in the United States than in China.”
(Photo of the whole Hes family)