So disgusted, just heard Sean Goldman's Brazilian relatives plan to pursue more

[luvwinnie]

legal action??? Just give the kid a break and let him move on with his real father...he was kidnappred by his mom and never should have been kept there in the first place. Sad.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Good luck with that. Sean is on US soil now where our country recognizes a biological parents right to parent their child especially when the child is the victim of an international kidnapping.

I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Wall-E1]

They should only be allowed supervised visits if they come to the U.S., if any at all. After seeing that publicity stunt that they pulled in the child's handover, I can't find the words to express my disgust with those people.

 

[sorcerormickey]

WHAT???? They really need to give it up. He is where he belongs.

 

[anniemae]

Oh no!! Where did you hear this?? I thought they were going to let it drop

Especially since the dad said he would still allow his son contact with the grandmother. Not sure if he would let his son go to Brazil to see them or not, but he said he would never do to them what they did to him.

 

[AllyBri]

These people had no right to that child, they should be in jail.

 

[luvwinnie]

It was on MSNBC

 

[anniemae]

One question I have: Is the grandmother the mother of the child's mother (who died), or is the grandmother the step fathers mother? Just wondering if there was a biological connection to the grandmother.

 

[eduk8r26]

The grandmother is the mother's mother. So she is biologically connected to Sean.

 

[Heidict]

OMG, he got his son back!!! When did this happen? I didn't know this. I'm sooooo happy for them!!! Yeah!!!

The family in Brazil needs to back off and just accept that their political pull isn't going to work anymore. They should consider themselves lucky to even be allowed to visit him here in the states.

 

[Jennasis]

The family has no legal avenue to pursue. there is no such thing as grandparents rights, and I can't imagine any US court would allow the child's kidnappers to have anything to do with the kid. While I bet David won't forbid visitation, for Sean's sake, he would be wise to allow it only under complete supervision....and not for a good long while.

 

[kinntj]

They don't have any leverage here like they did over there. I agree with a pp who stated that it would be wise to have supervised visitation only. Heck, they should be arrested here for kidnapping in the first place.

 

[mickeylove2]

OMG, he got his son back!!! When did this happen? I didn't know this. I'm sooooo happy for them!!! Yeah!!!

The family in Brazil needs to back off and just accept that their political pull isn't going to work anymore. They should consider themselves lucky to even be allowed to visit him here in the states.

On Christmas morning, I believe at like 6:30 am he was taken to his father at the US Consolate in Brazil. The family said they would not pursue anything, but I heard that David will not keep him from them so idk why they are dredging this all back up.

 

[NY Disney fan]

he was kidnappred by his mom and never should have been kept there in the first place. Sad.

I don't know if karma is real or not, but I find it ironic that the mother died while giving birth to her next child. Not saying she deserved it, I"m saying its cosmically strange.

 

[Wall-E1]

I don't know if karma is real or not, but I find it ironic that the mother died while giving birth to her next child. Not saying she deserved it, I"m saying its cosmically strange.

 

[PaulaSB12]

SAO PAULO - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody.

Lawyers for the Brazilian relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request from his Brazilian grandmother to allow the boy to make his wishes known in court.

The request was initially denied but the Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling. The highest court doesn't convene until February.
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David Goldman brought Sean back from Brazil on Christmas Eve after a Supreme Court decision following a five-year international custody dispute. The boy's mother, Bruna Bianchi, took Sean to her native Brazil in 2004, divorced Goldman and remarried. Goldman began legal efforts to get his son back.

After Bianchi died last year in childbirth, her husband, Paulo Lins e Silva, continued the legal fight and won temporary custody. A ruling last week by the chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court finally cleared the way for the boy's return.

NBC News paid for Goldman's charter plane from Rio de Janeiro back to the U.S. The father and son stayed with relatives in Orlando, Florida, and return to Tinton Falls, New Jersey on Monday.

'A big scar'
On Monday, Goldman said the boy is happy to be with him but needs time to adjust.

Image: The Goldman family
TODAY
In happier times: David Goldman with his son, Sean, and his late wife Bruna. The New Jersey father has waged a five-year battle to regain custody of his son from a family in Brazil.
"I said, 'You can call me Dad,'" he said on NBC's "Today" show on Monday. "And he didn't say anything."

"I missed five previous years of my son's life," Goldman said. "That's a big scar. Now we're together, and we'll heal."

Goldman said he's looking forward to taking his son canoeing, something Sean enjoyed when he was younger.

He said the boy remembers a bit about his life in New Jersey and has asked whether his bedroom had been changed.

When Goldman told him it had been left as it was when the boy was 4, Sean rolled his eyes at the thought of staying in a little kid's room. Goldman said they would redo it together.

More about David Godman's ordeal
Sean Goldman playful, sleepy on flight home
Timeline: David Goldman’s Brazil custody battle

Visitation rights
Goldman's lawyer, Patricia Apy, said details still need to be worked out for conditions of visitation for the boy's family in Brazil.

Goldman said he doesn't want to deny them access to the boy the way they kept him away.

There could also be legislation to address other international abduction cases.

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who traveled to Brazil with Goldman several times, is pushing a bill that would allow the U.S. to impose sanctions on countries that don't comply with an international treaty on how to handle similar abduction cases.

There are about 2,800 such cases worldwide involving children from the U.S., officials say.

 

[Jennasis]

SAO PAULO - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody.

Lawyers for the Brazilian relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request from his Brazilian grandmother to allow the boy to make his wishes known in court.

The request was initially denied but the Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling. The highest court doesn't convene until February.
Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here
Click Here!

David Goldman brought Sean back from Brazil on Christmas Eve after a Supreme Court decision following a five-year international custody dispute. The boy's mother, Bruna Bianchi, took Sean to her native Brazil in 2004, divorced Goldman and remarried. Goldman began legal efforts to get his son back.

After Bianchi died last year in childbirth, her husband, Paulo Lins e Silva, continued the legal fight and won temporary custody. A ruling last week by the chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court finally cleared the way for the boy's return.

NBC News paid for Goldman's charter plane from Rio de Janeiro back to the U.S. The father and son stayed with relatives in Orlando, Florida, and return to Tinton Falls, New Jersey on Monday.

'A big scar'
On Monday, Goldman said the boy is happy to be with him but needs time to adjust.

Image: The Goldman family
TODAY
In happier times: David Goldman with his son, Sean, and his late wife Bruna. The New Jersey father has waged a five-year battle to regain custody of his son from a family in Brazil.
"I said, 'You can call me Dad,'" he said on NBC's "Today" show on Monday. "And he didn't say anything."

"I missed five previous years of my son's life," Goldman said. "That's a big scar. Now we're together, and we'll heal."

Goldman said he's looking forward to taking his son canoeing, something Sean enjoyed when he was younger.

He said the boy remembers a bit about his life in New Jersey and has asked whether his bedroom had been changed.

When Goldman told him it had been left as it was when the boy was 4, Sean rolled his eyes at the thought of staying in a little kid's room. Goldman said they would redo it together.

More about David Godman's ordeal
Sean Goldman playful, sleepy on flight home
Timeline: David Goldman’s Brazil custody battle

Visitation rights
Goldman's lawyer, Patricia Apy, said details still need to be worked out for conditions of visitation for the boy's family in Brazil.

Goldman said he doesn't want to deny them access to the boy the way they kept him away.

There could also be legislation to address other international abduction cases.

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who traveled to Brazil with Goldman several times, is pushing a bill that would allow the U.S. to impose sanctions on countries that don't comply with an international treaty on how to handle similar abduction cases.

There are about 2,800 such cases worldwide involving children from the U.S., officials say.

As Glenda said to the Wicked Witch of the West..."You have no power here. Be Gone!"

That family has a snowball's chance in hades of getting anywhere with their case, now that the kid is in the US.

 

[NY Disney fan]

As Glenda said to the Wicked Witch of the West..."You have no power here. Be Gone!"

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On another note: Bob Geldof, the muscian, formally adopted his ex-wife's daughter due to both parents being dead claiming that the child had more right to be raised by him (since he was raising all of her sisters). The child's biological paternal grandparents (parents of Michael Hutchence of INXS) claimed that they were robbed. Maybe because he has a lot of clout in the UK, he was allowed to remain unchallenged by any real force.

 

[shellybaxter]

The family has no legal avenue to pursue. there is no such thing as grandparents rights, and I can't imagine any US court would allow the child's kidnappers to have anything to do with the kid. While I bet David won't forbid visitation, for Sean's sake, he would be wise to allow it only under complete supervision....and not for a good long while.

Actually grandparents do have some legal rights in many US states - some are able to gain custody of a child from an unfit parent

 

[ols386]

The family has no legal avenue to pursue. there is no such thing as grandparents rights, and I can't imagine any US court would allow the child's kidnappers to have anything to do with the kid. While I bet David won't forbid visitation, for Sean's sake, he would be wise to allow it only under complete supervision....and not for a good long while.

Thank goodness!!

I agree, I think David will allow Sean to visit with at least his grandmother maybe, and if I were him, I would demand that it be with supervision....I think he has every right to make that demand, considering what that family did.

I don't think there is a court in the US that would even consider letting Sean go back to Brazil, for a visit.

I'd like to know why the Brazilian family is not in jail...isn't what they did illegal? Even in Brazil?