Sean Goldman's grandparents complaining because they can't see him.

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I would think and hope that he is.

I'm sure the grandparents will take this to court. And since it will be here, they might have trouble buying people off.

They are--but the courts have determined that it doesn't meet the criteria for an emergency, so they have to wait.

The grandparents have bullied their way for quite some time (years!) to prevent a reunion with Sean and his father, making them wait for a few months to see if Sean's father has the right to have a mental health professional present (or other custodian, I imagine)--really isn't too much to ask.

It is selfish of the grandparents to use the boy as a pawn and for all we know--counseling may be revealing a lot of damage that the grandparents have caused.

Not saying that is the case--but waiting a few months to find out is a pittance (set by the courts!) compared to what that so called family did.

 

[mrsklamc]

How come violating international law doesn't get you on some kind of blacklist for getting into the country, anyway?

 

[shortbun]

If I was Sean Goldman's father I would keep the door open to the grandparents. I'd want to be better than them. Of course, he should not leave the kid alone with them. 24 hour supervision.

Yeah, how do you explain to your child that his grandparents loved him and his mother so much that they did a bad thing so they can never see him again? If I were that boy, when I got older I'd be wondering WHO was bad and WHO was good. They should all be doing what's best for him and put their selfishness aside. Grownups can really be foolish. Kids shouldn't suffer because of it.

 

[mrsklamc]

They don't love him at all.If they did they wouldn't have kept him from his father or paraded him through the streets.

It's like the story in the Bible with King Solomon. The boy's real mother was the one who didn't want him cut in half.

 

[Mermaid02]

They don't love him at all.If they did they wouldn't have kept him from his father or paraded him through the streets.

It's like the story in the Bible with King Solomon. The boy's real mother was the one who didn't want him cut in half.

I agree- what they called "love" was really twisted. They (the Mom's family) are very toxic.

 

[happygirl]

I'm not a fan of the grandparents. However, I think he needs to have some sort of contact with them. I think his father will work something out with them

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I'm not a fan of the grandparents. However, I think he needs to have some sort of contact with them. I think his father will work something out with them

It seems dad is trying.

It also seems that the grandparents don't want strings attached.

But after years of court fights and objections--that ship sailed long ago. Dad has every legal right to appeal to the US court system to require an appointed party to make sure that they don't pull a fast one.

 

[happygirl]

It seems dad is trying.

It also seems that the grandparents don't want strings attached.

But after years of court fights and objections--that ship sailed long ago. Dad has every legal right to appeal to the US court system to require an appointed party to make sure that they don't pull a fast one.

I would let come to his house and see him for an hour or so just like they made him do.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I would let come to his house and see him for an hour or so just like they made him do.

For some reason, I'm remembering that the grandparents don't want to do that. They want their private time so to speak. On their terms. They aren't getting it and are crying foul.

It's one of the reason why I'm not the biggest fan of "grandparents rights" as they had nothing to do with the existence of the grandchild outside of siring the parent that created/adopted said child. Further more, in in this case, where the grandparents likely orchestrated a brainwash of this child to make his father out to be a bad person just b/c he wanted his son back--they should have any existing rights severely altered if not eliminated. But that is up to the courts. IF their visitation can be done in a safe and non-abusive manner, then I wouldn't hold it against anyone for making that work.

 

[PixieDust32]

ohhh really poor them. What about all those years when they kept the kid away from his Daddy, how many times Sean's Dad traveled to Brazil to see him and got nothing. They got what they deserve.

 

[ZachnElli]

The last few sentences that David's lawyer says, about the grandparents not wanting to be involved in a process sounds to me like David is following the healthcare professionals advice on how to do things and they didn't like it and won't do it. If that's true, what more can he do? It's their own fault.