As a parent, I cannot begin to understand the depth of this man's grief and I sincerely hope what is right is done in this case, now going on four years.
David Goldman, a New Jersey man, fell in love with and married a Brazilian national, Bruna. They had a child, Sean. On a vacation with Sean to her homeland, what was to be a 2 week vacation, Bruna called David and said she no longer wanted to be with him and was divorcing him.
Okay fine. But here's the catch - she never returned and kept the boy in Brazil and nothing was done about it! The "divorce" she got in Brazil is not even recognized in the United States, where they married. She remarried, this time to a very prominent Brazilian attorney, Juao Paula Lins e Silva. She became pregnant with his child and died in childbirth. All the while, Goldman was denied seeing his son.
Now, Silva has attempted to remove Goldman's name from Sean's birth certificate as Sean continues to live with him. David Goldman has tried repeatedly to gain custody of a child he loved and cared for, to no avail.
What kind of world is this where a loving father cannot have his son? What sort of country is it that is depriving Goldman of his legal rights? He did not abuse boy and I am sure that Sean would like to be with his father - if he remembers him. Watch the video - it's heartbreaking.
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I saw this twice on the Today show. I don't understand it either, except that the woman's husband in Brazil is extremely powerful and influential and can pull a lot of strings. Reminds me of another heartbreaking case- Natalee Holloway and the main suspect in her disapearnce having a very influential father in polotics out there.
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