mark1447 Posted December 23, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 23, 2009 A Brazilian Supreme Court has made a decision that is being called a "win" for a New Jersey father hoping to be reunited with his young son after a five-year custody battle. David Goldman, who has pledged to fight for his son, Sean, as long as it takes, was still holding out hope of being reunited in time to celebrate the holidays with him in the United States. A judge in Brazil today refused the child's grandmother's habeus corpus appeal to the Supreme Court, paving the way for Sean to return home. At his hotel room in Brazil, Goldman said he was relieved but repeated again and again "when do we get to leave?" "When will it be over?" "Hopefully this is a changing of the guard (in Brazil) and we have made a difference," he said. A lower court had already ordered that Sean be handed over to his father. Lawyers for both camps said Sean's Brazilian relatives could still again appeals -- but it was questionable whether that court would be willing to review the case if the Supreme Court backs a lower federal court ruling awarding custody to Goldman. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, in Brazil to support Goldman, expressed optimism earlier this week. "I think it is only a matter of when and not if, and we are hoping that the abductors will convey this young boy ... as soon as the chief justice renders his decision," the Republican congressman said. Goldman, 42, launched his case in U.S. and Brazilian courts after Sean was brought by his mother in 2004 to her native Brazil, where she then divorced Goldman and remarried. She died last year in childbirth, and the boy has lived with his stepfather since. The lawyer for the boy's Brazilian family offered to negotiate a settlement, and the family also invited Goldman to spend Christmas with them. Goldman has not said whether he would accept the invitation if the case was not resolved this week. The case has affected diplomatic ties between Brazil and the U.S., reaching talks between President Barack Obama and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A U.S. senator, reacting to the case, has blocked the renewal of a $2.75 billion trade deal that would lift tariffs on some Brazilian exports. The U.S. Department of State pressed for the boy to be returned. But a Brazilian Supreme Court justice last week stayed a lower court decision ordering Sean to be turned over to his father. Goldman and Brazil's attorney general filed appeals asking the Supreme Court to overturn the justice's decision to block Sean's return while the court considers hearing direct testimony from the boy. The Brazilian family's lawyer, Sergio Tostes, told the AP he would like to see a negotiated settlement, saying he wanted to end the damage being done to Sean and to U.S.-Brazil relations. But Goldman said that as the child's only surviving parent he wasn't interested in shared custody. SOURCE: WNBC- New York Dec 22, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS CNG Command Posted December 23, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 23, 2009 About time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted December 23, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 23, 2009 This should have been done from the get go. But justice has prevailed. I hope the boy has a good Christmas with his real dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Princelex Posted December 24, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 24, 2009 I'm very excited about this news. The son should have been with his dad from the start. They are supposed to be landing in America, I believe Orlando, Fl, very soon. A great Christmas present for the father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted December 25, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 25, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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