Brazilian Family Gives Up Custody Fight; David Goldman Waits for Son
ABC-TV
Dec. 23, 2009
By JEFFREY KOFMAN, SONIA GALLEGO and MARK MOONEY
A Brazilian court today took another step toward returning nine-year-old Sean Goldman to the arms of his father, David. The court ordered that Sean be reunited with David Goldman by 9 a.m., 6 a.m. EST, Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
The boy’s Brazilian family decided to give up its fight for custody of Sean and will not appeal the court’s decision the family’s lawyer, Sergio Tostes, confirmed in an e-mail, bringing a five-year custody battle to an end.
Sean’s maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, told ABC News that her grandson does not want to leave Brazil.
“He said he is very sad because he does not want to, and he is very sad because he had, he has the right to speak and to explain himself, but the judge here cut his right,” Bianchi said. more …
