Father and son first separated by abduction, now by custody claim of step-father.

Return abducted minor Sean Goldman to his father

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Four years ago Sean Goldman was abducted to Brazil by his mother Bruna Bianchi Goldman and her parents Silvana Bianchi Ribeiro and Raimundo Ribeiro. After her recent death, the man recently married to Bruna, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, was shockingly awarded custody by a Brazilian court. Ever since the kidnapping, David Goldman has waged a legal battle to have Sean returned as required by U.S. law and an international treaty signed by both the U.S. and Brazil.

On June 16th, 2004, Bruna Goldman traveled with her son Sean from their home in New Jersey to her native Brazil. The next day, she informed her husband David Goldman that their marriage was over and that she and Sean would be living in Brazil. This unilateral action was a violation of the Hague Treaty on International Child Abduction, a treaty signed by many countries including both the United States and Brazil.  It states that Sean should have been returned to the United States for a joint custody hearing.

Instead, Bruna Goldman was granted custody by a local court in Brazil. According to the United States Department of State and the Brazilian Central Authority, this decision was also a violation of the treaty. However, the Brazilian Central Authority which oversees the treaty is advisory only. As a result, David began the appeals process, which in Brazil can take years to complete.


In August 2008, Bruna died tragically in Brazil. After Bruna's passing, David Goldman assumed he would finally be reunited with Sean. Unfortunately, David finds himself in the midst of another custody battle, this time with Bruna's new husband, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva.  Mr. Lins e Silva has also filed to replace David Goldman's name with his own on a birth certificate issued for Sean in Brazil, claiming socio-affective paternity which would effectively erase the child's true paternity.

Since 2004, David Goldman has fought a desperate and expensive legal battle for custody of his son, first with his wife and now against Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, a prominent lawyer specializing in international family law. Since the original abduction, David has never been permitted to see Sean and just this past October, Mr. Lins e Silva failed to make Sean available for a scheduled visitation with David and still has not been held accountable for violating a federal court order in Brazil. According to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Sean should have been returned to the United States within six weeks of the abduction for a custodial hearing because his habitual residence had been established in the United States.


For more information on this tragic case and a list of additional ways you can help David Goldman, please visit http://www.bringseanhome.org/




Portugu%uFFFDs 

Quatro anos atr%uFFFDs, Sean Goldman foi sequestrado pela pr%uFFFDpria m%uFFFDe, Bruna Bianchi Goldman, e levado para o Brasil. Recentemente, ap%uFFFDs sua tr%uFFFDgica morte, seu segundo marido conseguiu, para a surpresa de todos, a cust%uFFFDdia tempor%uFFFDria de Sean atrav%uFFFDs da Justi%uFFFDa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Desde o sequestro do filho, David Goldman (o pai) vem lutando para recuperar seu filho, conforme decis%uFFFDo da Justi%uFFFDa Americana e de acordo com Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDes Internacionais, nas quais tanto o Brasil como os Estados Unidos s%uFFFDo signat%uFFFDrios.

Em 16 de Junho de 2004, Bruna Goldman viajou com seu filho Sean desde sua casa em Nova Jersey para sua terra natal, Brasil. No dia seguinte, ela telefonou informando ao marido, David Goldman, que o casamento estava acabado e que ela e Sean ficariam morando no Brasil. Essa a%uFFFD%uFFFDo totalmente unilateral foi considerada uma viola%uFFFD%uFFFDo %uFFFD Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia, no que diz respeito a Sequestro Internacional de Crian%uFFFDas, um tratado assinado por v%uFFFDrios pa%uFFFDses, inclusive Brasil e Estados Unidos. Esse tratado diz, claramente, que Sean deveria ter retornado %uFFFD sua casa nos Estados Unidos para a Audi%uFFFDncia de Cust%uFFFDdia.



Ao inv%uFFFDs disso, Bruna ganhou a cust%uFFFDdia de Sean atrav%uFFFDs da Vara da Fam%uFFFDlia no Rio de Janeiro.



De acordo com o Departamento de Estado Americano e a Autoridade Central Brasileira, essa decis%uFFFDo foi uma viola%uFFFD%uFFFDo %uFFFD Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia. No entanto, a Autoridade Central Brasileira, que controla os Tratados e Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDes Internacionais, s%uFFFD tem poder de recomenda%uFFFD%uFFFDo. Como resultado disso, David iniciou um s%uFFFDrie de a%uFFFD%uFFFDes e apela%uFFFD%uFFFDes, as quais todas est%uFFFDo sendo processadas de forma morosa no Brasil.

Em Agosto de 2008, Bruna, tragicamente, faleceu. Ap%uFFFDs sua morte, David Goldman acreditou que, finalmente, teria seu filho de volta. Infelizmente, David agora se encontra no meio de uma nova batalha pela cust%uFFFDdia de seu filho, desta vez com o novo marido (agora vi%uFFFDvo) de Bruna, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva. O Sr. Jo%uFFFDo Paulo tamb%uFFFDm abriu processo para retirar o nome de David Goldman da Certid%uFFFDo de Nascimento Brasileira da crian%uFFFDa e substituir pelo seu, alegando paternidade socio-afetiva. Isso, na verdade, apagaria a verdadeira paternidade da crian%uFFFDa.



Desde 2004, David Goldman luta desesperadamente pela cust%uFFFDdia do filho, primeiro com sua esposa e, agora, com Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, um renomado advogado especializado em Direito Internacional da Fam%uFFFDlia.




Desde o sequestro, David n%uFFFDo recebeu permiss%uFFFDo de visitar Sean, Como exemplo, em Outubro de 2008, o Dr. Jo%uFFFDo Paulo n%uFFFDo entregou Sean para uma visita marcada pela Justi%uFFFDa Federal e ainda n%uFFFDo foi processado por violar uma decis%uFFFDo da justi%uFFFDa.

De acordo com a Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia, sobre os Aspectos Civis de Sequestro Internacional de Crian%uFFFDas, Sean deveria ter retornado aos Estados Unidos em 6 semanas para as audi%uFFFDncia de defini%uFFFD%uFFFDo de cust%uFFFDdia, sob os Tribunais onde a fam%uFFFDlia residia habitualmente.



Para maiores informa%uFFFD%uFFFDes, assim como formas de colaborar, acesse http://www.bringseanhome.org/

Please register at our website for news updates.

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Four years ago Sean Goldman was abducted to Brazil by his mother Bruna Bianchi Goldman and her parents Silvana Bianchi Ribeiro and Raimundo Ribeiro. After her recent death, the man recently married to Bruna, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, was shockingly awarded custody by a Brazilian court. Ever since the kidnapping, David Goldman has waged a legal battle to have Sean returned as required by U.S. law and an international treaty signed by both the U.S. and Brazil.

On June 16th, 2004, Bruna Goldman traveled with her son Sean from their home in New Jersey to her native Brazil. The next day, she informed her husband David Goldman that their marriage was over and that she and Sean would be living in Brazil. This unilateral action was a violation of the Hague Treaty on International Child Abduction, a treaty signed by many countries including both the United States and Brazil.  It states that Sean should have been returned to the United States for a joint custody hearing.

Instead, Bruna Goldman was granted custody by a local court in Brazil. According to the United States Department of State and the Brazilian Central Authority, this decision was also a violation of the treaty. However, the Brazilian Central Authority which oversees the treaty is advisory only. As a result, David began the appeals process, which in Brazil can take years to complete.


In August 2008, Bruna died tragically in Brazil. After Bruna's passing, David Goldman assumed he would finally be reunited with Sean. Unfortunately, David finds himself in the midst of another custody battle, this time with Bruna's new husband, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva.  Mr. Lins e Silva has also filed to replace David Goldman's name with his own on a birth certificate issued for Sean in Brazil, claiming socio-affective paternity which would effectively erase the child's true paternity.

Since 2004, David Goldman has fought a desperate and expensive legal battle for custody of his son, first with his wife and now against Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, a prominent lawyer specializing in international family law. Since the original abduction, David has never been permitted to see Sean and just this past October, Mr. Lins e Silva failed to make Sean available for a scheduled visitation with David and still has not been held accountable for violating a federal court order in Brazil. According to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Sean should have been returned to the United States within six weeks of the abduction for a custodial hearing because his habitual residence had been established in the United States.


For more information on this tragic case and a list of additional ways you can help David Goldman, please visit http://www.bringseanhome.org/




Portugu%uFFFDs 

Quatro anos atr%uFFFDs, Sean Goldman foi sequestrado pela pr%uFFFDpria m%uFFFDe, Bruna Bianchi Goldman, e levado para o Brasil. Recentemente, ap%uFFFDs sua tr%uFFFDgica morte, seu segundo marido conseguiu, para a surpresa de todos, a cust%uFFFDdia tempor%uFFFDria de Sean atrav%uFFFDs da Justi%uFFFDa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Desde o sequestro do filho, David Goldman (o pai) vem lutando para recuperar seu filho, conforme decis%uFFFDo da Justi%uFFFDa Americana e de acordo com Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDes Internacionais, nas quais tanto o Brasil como os Estados Unidos s%uFFFDo signat%uFFFDrios.

Em 16 de Junho de 2004, Bruna Goldman viajou com seu filho Sean desde sua casa em Nova Jersey para sua terra natal, Brasil. No dia seguinte, ela telefonou informando ao marido, David Goldman, que o casamento estava acabado e que ela e Sean ficariam morando no Brasil. Essa a%uFFFD%uFFFDo totalmente unilateral foi considerada uma viola%uFFFD%uFFFDo %uFFFD Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia, no que diz respeito a Sequestro Internacional de Crian%uFFFDas, um tratado assinado por v%uFFFDrios pa%uFFFDses, inclusive Brasil e Estados Unidos. Esse tratado diz, claramente, que Sean deveria ter retornado %uFFFD sua casa nos Estados Unidos para a Audi%uFFFDncia de Cust%uFFFDdia.



Ao inv%uFFFDs disso, Bruna ganhou a cust%uFFFDdia de Sean atrav%uFFFDs da Vara da Fam%uFFFDlia no Rio de Janeiro.



De acordo com o Departamento de Estado Americano e a Autoridade Central Brasileira, essa decis%uFFFDo foi uma viola%uFFFD%uFFFDo %uFFFD Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia. No entanto, a Autoridade Central Brasileira, que controla os Tratados e Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDes Internacionais, s%uFFFD tem poder de recomenda%uFFFD%uFFFDo. Como resultado disso, David iniciou um s%uFFFDrie de a%uFFFD%uFFFDes e apela%uFFFD%uFFFDes, as quais todas est%uFFFDo sendo processadas de forma morosa no Brasil.

Em Agosto de 2008, Bruna, tragicamente, faleceu. Ap%uFFFDs sua morte, David Goldman acreditou que, finalmente, teria seu filho de volta. Infelizmente, David agora se encontra no meio de uma nova batalha pela cust%uFFFDdia de seu filho, desta vez com o novo marido (agora vi%uFFFDvo) de Bruna, Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva. O Sr. Jo%uFFFDo Paulo tamb%uFFFDm abriu processo para retirar o nome de David Goldman da Certid%uFFFDo de Nascimento Brasileira da crian%uFFFDa e substituir pelo seu, alegando paternidade socio-afetiva. Isso, na verdade, apagaria a verdadeira paternidade da crian%uFFFDa.



Desde 2004, David Goldman luta desesperadamente pela cust%uFFFDdia do filho, primeiro com sua esposa e, agora, com Jo%uFFFDo Paulo Lins e Silva, um renomado advogado especializado em Direito Internacional da Fam%uFFFDlia.




Desde o sequestro, David n%uFFFDo recebeu permiss%uFFFDo de visitar Sean, Como exemplo, em Outubro de 2008, o Dr. Jo%uFFFDo Paulo n%uFFFDo entregou Sean para uma visita marcada pela Justi%uFFFDa Federal e ainda n%uFFFDo foi processado por violar uma decis%uFFFDo da justi%uFFFDa.

De acordo com a Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia, sobre os Aspectos Civis de Sequestro Internacional de Crian%uFFFDas, Sean deveria ter retornado aos Estados Unidos em 6 semanas para as audi%uFFFDncia de defini%uFFFD%uFFFDo de cust%uFFFDdia, sob os Tribunais onde a fam%uFFFDlia residia habitualmente.



Para maiores informa%uFFFD%uFFFDes, assim como formas de colaborar, acesse http://www.bringseanhome.org/

 

We the undersigned state the following:


We believe it would be unconscionable to grant custody to a non-relative when a parent of good character has continuously demonstrated a desire for custody.

All claims for custody of the Lins e Silvas are a direct result of the illegal abduction of Sean by his mother Bruna.

We believe that it is in ANY child's best interest to be raised by his natural parent unless that parent is declared to be unfit. Further more, it is a God given right of parents and children to be together whenever possible.

We request that Minister of Justice Tarso Genro take all appropriate actions to ensure that Brazilian judges understand and respect Brazil's commitment to honoring the intent and spirit of the Hague Treaty for all cases of child abduction.  Additionally, we ask that he appeal to the appropriate judges to therefore grant David Goldman's request for the immediate return of Sean Goldman.

We request that all elected and appointed Brazilian and American officials work to ensure and expedite the return of Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman.


Finally, we request that the Brazilian and American media recognize that the ban on publishing this story instituted by the 13th Civil Court of Rio de Janeiro is not intended for the protection of the minor child as claimed, but for the protection of Lins e Silvas from the consequences of their unethical actions and that therefore this order is unconstitutional. We ask that these organizations join in giving this outrageous and tragic story the international attention that it merits.

Portugu%uFFFDs

N%uFFFDs, abaixo assinados, afirmamos que :


Seria um ato irrespons%uFFFDvel entregar a cust%uFFFDdia de uma crian%uFFFDa a uma cidad%uFFFDo sem relacionamento sangu%uFFFDneo algum com a mesma, sendo que um dos pais, de car%uFFFDter inquestion%uFFFDvel, demonstra, continuamente, seu desejo de recuperar a cust%uFFFDdia de seu filho.


Qualquer demanda de cust%uFFFDdia por parte da Fam%uFFFDlia Lins e Silva %uFFFD um a%uFFFD%uFFFDo resultante do seq%uFFFDestro de Sean Goldman, efetuado por sua m%uFFFDe Bruna Bianchi Goldman.


N%uFFFDs acreditamos que o melhor para uma crian%uFFFDa seria a educa%uFFFD%uFFFDo recebida por seu pai natural, a n%uFFFDo ser que o mesmo n%uFFFDo se encontre em condi%uFFFD%uFFFDes para tal. Alem disso, a uni%uFFFDo entre pai e filho %uFFFD um direito dado por Deus.


N%uFFFDs solicitamos que o Sr. Ministro Tarso Genro tome as a%uFFFD%uFFFDes necess%uFFFDrias para garantir que os Ju%uFFFDzes Brasileiros entendam e respeitem os compromissos do Brazil perante as inten%uFFFD%uFFFDes da Conven%uFFFD%uFFFDo de Haia para todos os casos envolvendo sequestro internacional de menores. Adicionalmente, solicitamos que o Sr. Ministro apele para o Juiz indicado garantir a execu%uFFFD%uFFFDo da solicita%uFFFD%uFFFDo de David Goldman para o retorno imediato de seu filho Sean Goldman aos EUA.

N%uFFFDs demandamos que toda e qualquer Autoridade, eleita ou apontada, brasileira ou americana, trabalhe para o retorno imediato de Sean Goldman a seu pai, David Goldman.


Finalmente, demandamos que a imprensa brasileira e americana reconhe%uFFFDa que a proibi%uFFFD%uFFFDo de divulga%uFFFD%uFFFDo do caso, institu%uFFFDdo pela 13a. Vara C%uFFFDvel do Rio de Janeiro, n%uFFFDo tem como objetivo a prote%uFFFD%uFFFDo do bem-estar do menor Sean Goldman. Ao inv%uFFFDs, tem como objetivo proteger os interesses da Fam%uFFFDlia Lins e Silva resultantes de sua falta de %uFFFDtica no caso acima mencionado. Pedimos que tais %uFFFDrg%uFFFDos da imprensa d%uFFFDem a cobertura merecida a essa hist%uFFFDria tr%uFFFDgica.

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We signed the "Return abducted minor Sean Goldman to his father" petition!
# 55,296:
10:32 am PST, Nov 7, Eric Koldinger, Oregon
# 55,295:
10:21 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, Oregon
Having been to Brazil and met the wonderful people there, it is hard to imagine the injustices being done. I will not return to Brazil - and I will encourage friends, families and coworkers not to go there either - until Sean is brought home. I hope this issue gets more attention with the recent award of the Olympics.
# 55,294:
4:51 am PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, Maryland
This is the craziest abduction I've ever heard of. It's kidnapping pure and simple. The step-dad should be prosecuted and Sean should be returned to Mr. Goldman immediately. Why hasn't our government been more involved?
# 55,293:
4:49 am PST, Nov 7, John Henley, Connecticut
Boycott Brazil. They obviously do not understand the human right of a father to be with his son when the other parent is deceased. Don't travel to Brazil, don't buy food or goods made in Brazil. Maybe all they understan is money. Let you message be clear.
# 55,292:
10:27 pm PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
As members of this great country and men/women who work for US the people.. you are blessed because you go home to see your family. Let this father and son be a family. Do your job - work for the American people.
# 55,291:
8:13 pm PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 55,290:
6:17 pm PST, Nov 6, Sunny Adams, Missouri
Please force Brazil to uphold the Hague Treaty and return Sean to David. This has gone on way to long! For Sean and all the other children who have been abducted in this manner..someone needs to step in and be their voice and put a stop to this!
# 55,289:
3:41 pm PST, Nov 6, David Traines, Michigan
This has gone on way to long, this father should get his son back now. Our government needs to do whatever is required to get Sean reunited in the USA with his father
# 55,288:
11:16 am PST, Nov 6, Janet Robison, Texas
I am very confused as to how something like this can happen, as I'm sure David is as well, to a citizen of the United States. I hope that with the goverments support, David will soon be reunited with Sean.
# 55,287:
10:08 am PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Oregon
The child belongs with his father who has shown over and over how much he loves his son. The loss for the other family..well they have had Sean there in the wrong way, and although there will be loss, nothing compares to a loss of a child for a parent. Bring him home to his parent.
# 55,286:
5:39 am PST, Nov 6, Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 55,285:
4:56 am PST, Nov 6, Siobhain Auer, New Jersey
# 55,284:
12:21 am PST, Nov 6, Naomi Blum, California
I want to see the United States government demand that the Brazilian government return young Sean Goldman to the custody of his father, David Goldman immediately. Psychologically, the loss of both his parents is inwardly devasting to the psychological development of this child. There appear to be NO LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PREVENTING DAVID FROM REGAINING CUSTODY OF SHAUN. This makes me extremely upset with the Brazilian government, and I would not feel safe to ever consider traveling there, or trusting being there. There has to be some respect for International Law, to give this child to his birth father.
# 55,283:
3:27 pm PST, Nov 5, Maximiliano Augustus Barradas, Brazil
# 55,282:
3:25 pm PST, Nov 5, Iria Barradas, Brazil
# 55,281:
3:23 pm PST, Nov 5, Celia Vieira, Brazil
# 55,280:
1:49 pm PST, Nov 5, Irma Desiderio, New York
I'd like to know . . . what good are international laws, if countries are not held accountable. I guarantee you that if this senario was the other way around, and one of our American citizens "kidnapped" a child from Brazil, there would be war!
# 55,279:
1:34 pm PST, Nov 5, Steven Morley, New Jersey
Return Sean Goldman to his father
# 55,278:
1:25 pm PST, Nov 5, Eugenia Collins, Arizona
Please do what needs to be done to bring this child home to his loving father. David our prayers are with you and Sean.
# 55,277:
1:23 pm PST, Nov 5, Karen McCarter, Pennsylvania
I am a sister, mother, grandmother, friend, and, I also, cannot imagine what you are going through. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Don't give up until Sean is home with you where he rightfully belongs.
# 55,276:
1:00 pm PST, Nov 5, Elizabeth Celi, California
I am a mother and I could not even imagine what he is going through I hope he gets is son back, he is a wonderful father and a truly good person.
# 55,275:
11:22 am PST, Nov 5, Name not displayed, California
The fact that Sean was kidnapped by his mother and taken to Brazil is horrific. But, the fact that Sean has not been returned to his own biological father after the death of his mother is outrageous. David Goldman has suffered tremendously because of this tragedy and should be granted sole custody of Sean without further delay.
# 55,274:
11:11 am PST, Nov 5, Cathy Crane, New Jersey
He should be here in the U.S. by the time this is decided Sean is going to be even more confused than he probably is now. He will have spent his early years away from his father.
# 55,273:
9:58 am PST, Nov 5, Anna Wall, Canada
It is so NOT right for Brazil to refuse to give David Goldman custody to his own son. My heart just breaks for both of them. I check on this case on a weekly basis, and little change. Everytime I'm hoping for them to be reunited. The US an sure could do more to help Mr. David Goldman to bring Sean home. I'm sorry David, about the heartach. Hopeing for the best, Anna Wall
# 55,272:
8:16 am PST, Nov 5, Carol Pappas, New York
# 55,271:
9:54 pm PST, Nov 4, Christine Benes, California
David, My heart and prayers goes to you and Sean. I pray you are reunited in the U.S. ASAP Please keep up hope! I look for updates on your case every week.
# 55,270:
4:15 pm PST, Nov 4, Lori Robinson, Pennsylvania
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3:50 pm PST, Nov 4, Name not displayed, Utah
# 55,268:
2:57 pm PST, Nov 4, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 55,267:
2:11 pm PST, Nov 4, Christine Rezek, Missouri
# 55,266:
12:24 pm PST, Nov 4, Name not displayed, Minnesota
My heart goes out to David and Sean. Really if the tables were turned and this happened to an authority figure in Brazil they would have had their child back by now. I can't believe with these people in power they got the olympics. Let Sean go home to his real father!
# 55,265:
9:40 am PST, Nov 4, Jo Ann Speciale, Texas
Please return Sean to his father. This travesty has gone on far too long! How can the people in power that are blocking his return honestly sleep at night???
# 55,264:
8:36 am PST, Nov 4, Marla Misch, West Virginia
# 55,263:
8:31 pm PST, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Florida
# 55,262:
3:09 pm PST, Nov 3, James R., Michigan
# 55,261:
11:37 am PST, Nov 3, Caroyle Lane, New Mexico
What a horrible situation. Let this poor boy be reunited with his father. Where he ought to be. God Bless David and Sean. Our prayers are with you both.
# 55,260:
10:40 am PST, Nov 3, James Relich, Michigan
Lins e Silva's lawyer said that there are two ways to determine Sean's real father: biological connection and affection. David has both of those, whereas Lins e Silva only has one. David is Sean's father, end of story. This whole situation is not only wrong, it's asinine. Let David have his son back! Give Sean back to his father!
# 55,259:
10:22 am PST, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Florida
# 55,258:
10:00 am PST, Nov 3, Name not displayed, Florida
My heart goes out to David and his family! I just saw the Dateline report from January and I am outraged that this can happen in the USA. How can we let this continue is beyond me. I pray that David has the strength to continue the fight for his son. And that one day they will be reunited! I will continue to pray for your family! God bless you and come on USA.....bring Sean home!!!!!
# 55,257:
9:22 am PST, Nov 3, Robin Herman, New York
I think this is horrific and that Sean should be sent back to his father David Goldman. This is the USA for heaven sakes. We are suppose to be smart people. Why has there been nothing about this lately on the news. Last heard he was coming home. What is happening here is quite frightening. I have 2 grandaughters who have citizenship in both USA and Israel. So is that to say it is possible for them to be taken away from us in the USA if their mother decided to return to Israel. Please help this poor man get his son back!
# 55,256:
5:28 am PST, Nov 3, Patricia Taylor, Massachusetts
# 55,255:
9:04 pm PST, Nov 2, Name not displayed, Missouri
I have been following this story from the begining. This is a terrrible thing for this man to go through. Please let this child come home to his father where he belongs!!!!!!
# 55,254:
3:51 pm PST, Nov 2, Eleni Klassen, Florida
# 55,253:
1:24 pm PST, Nov 2, Aimee Williams, Indiana
# 55,252:
10:19 am PST, Nov 2, Kimberly Guerrazzi, Michigan
This story is so sad, and it touches any parent's heart. Please help Mr. Goldman bring home his son, Sean. This should not happen to parents, especially when there are International Safe Guards in place. What good are treaties unless they are upheld? I hope the United States government starts putting pressure on Brazil! God Bless you, David and Sean!
# 55,251:
10:06 am PST, Nov 2, Jeff Foltz, Virginia
This couldn't be more upsetting, frustrating, sad, outrageous, and heart-breaking. I can't even begin to imagine what you have lost? :-( Dave - you wouldn't remember me, but we went to VWC together. I am weeping with you bro! And my fervant prayers are that you are reunited immediately - so the healing can begin... -Jeff Foltz
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