Did Goldman fight for child custody of his son in Brazil?
he American father at the center of an international child custody battle is waiting to learn whether his 9-year-old son will return with him to the U.S. in time for Christmas. Brazil Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes could rule Tuesday on the fate of Sean Goldman. David Goldman, the boy’s father, and Brazil’s attorney general are trying to enforce a lower court order that said the boy should be handed over to his father — despite attempts by a Brazilian stepfather to retain custody. Goldman would like to have his son back with him before Christmas. In 2004, Goldman’s wife, Bruna Bianchi, took his son Sean to her native Brazil. Goldman says it was to be a two-week vacation, but she stayed and so did the boy. She eventually obtained a Brazilian divorce from Goldman and remarried. Goldman was already seeking his son’s return under an international treaty that covers cross-border child abductions when his former wife died last year giving birth to a daughter. President Obama, the U.S. Congress
Brazilian child custody decision could come Tuesday (CNN) — The chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court could decide Tuesday on whether to reunite a 9-year-old boy with his American father, a U.S. Embassy official said. David Goldman, the boy’s father, has been locked in a legal battle over custody of his 9-year-old son, Sean, with the family of the boy’s deceased mother. Last week, a lower court unanimously upheld a decision ordering that Sean be returned to his father in New Jersey. David Goldman arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to reunite with his son, but one Supreme Court justice issued a stay, ordering Sean to remain with his Brazilian relatives until the high court could consider the case. On Sunday, Brazilian Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes said he would make the final decision Monday. That decision was delayed and could be made Tuesday, said Orna Blum, press attache at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia. Read more at the link below. Sources:
An 8-year-old American boy is caught in the middle of an ugly custody battle so high profile that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is using her clout to try to bring the boy home. In 2004, David Goldman dropped off his wife, Bruna, and then-4-year-old son, Sean, at the airport for a two-week vacation in Brazil. Shortly after she arrived in her native country, Bruna told David she wanted a divorce and planned to stay in Brazil with their son. Bruna later remarried and got pregnant, but she died while giving birth last summer. Goldman thought he was getting his son back, but a Brazilian family court judge granted custody of Sean to Bruna’s new husband. Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/05/lkl.brazil.custody/index.
