Brazil Supreme Court Rules for American Father. But, Is This the End?
Jun 11th, 2009 | 5 responses
According to the Associated Press, Brazil’s Supreme Court, yesterday, in a 10-0 decision ruled that 9-year-old Sean Goldman should be reunited with his father, thereby turning back the efforts by Brazil’s Progressive Party to overturn a similar ruling by a lower federal court.
An obviously delighted, but still cautious, David Goldman appeared this morning on NBC’s Today Show and talked about the Court’s decision.
Goldman said that even the Supreme Court had commented that Sean Goldman should have been returned to his father “a very long time ago.”
Goldman went on to talk about how the Court “exposed” the psychological damage that has been done to his son; that the people holding his son have, for several years, been waging a campaign to turn his son against him—to brainwash his son. He calls it “parental alienation.”
Goldman has been through such emotional ups-and-downs before, and is thus very cautious.
Apparently, rather than such a Supreme Court decision being final in Brazil, the case now goes back to the lower federal court for it to decide whether Sean should be reunited with his father.
And, knowing the power and influence of the families holding his son, it could still be a long and rough fight, as the families and their lawyers are likely to appeal, and appeal, and…
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5 Responses to “Brazil Supreme Court Rules for American Father. But, Is This the End?”
That is not what I read. I read that they ruled they could not rule, and passed it back to a lower court of appeals.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/10/brazil.child.c…
Good point, AR. According ot the AP:
“The high court ruled that a federal court should decide whether the boy will return to the U.S. or remain with his stepfamily in Brazil.”
Dorian
That is insane. The whole thing is like a nightmare for this father. He should write a book after all this is finished. I thought the point of sending Elian Gonzalez to his dad was that “no country can take the rights of a father regardless of where the parent lives”. We as Americans did not want to do this to Elian's father because we did not want any country to do it to any of our citizens. The child was born in this country, hence he is an American. His mother is dead, his next of kin is his natural father. What part of this don't they understand? Our government should seriously interfere in this situation. Enough is enough, how many years has it been since this father has had to endure these evil people?
Leyda:
Thanks for your comments.
I believe that your feelings are representative of those of the vast majority of people.
For some more background and answers to a couple of your questions (perhaps they were rhetorical?), please click om some of the “here's” at the end of the story
Dorian
it'is a shame !!!! the biological father are using this child and getting rich with the history of donations. I ask to myself how many dollars is in his account. The stepfather is this striving for love, a child who is not his. Vera