David Goldman has been fighting for five years to be reunited with his kidnapped son. As we move towards Father’s Day, I feel compelled to help spread the word so the Brazilian justice system, with pave the way for Sean’s return to his father.
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This international parental kidnapping has been playing out for five years, with Brazil refusing to return Sean Goldman, abducted by his mother in 2004 to the U.S. Sean’s mother died nearly a year ago, and still Sean has not been returned to the U.S. despite the fact that even Brazil has a law that says custody automatically reverts to the surviving parent.
Today there are more than 60 children who have been abducted to Brazil, yet to be returned. Brazil has been tagged in a Department of State Office of Children’s Issues document, “April 2009 Report on Compliance with Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Abduction Convention,” as “demonstrating patterns of non-compliance.” http://tinyurl.com/m6olqj
Other countries similarly identified are Bulgaria, Chile, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Mexico (the worst), Poland and Venezuela. Honduras is non-compliant.
Brazil is in the No 2 spot of offender and has never, ever returned a child.
Judge Pinto’s decisions and commentary may be read here. http://tinyurl.com/mjz2c5