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Update on Goldman custody battle: A Father's Day miracle?
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AP Photo of David Goldman in Brazilian Federal Court
It's not a full victory, but in what seems like a Father's Day miracle, the Associated Press reported on Thursday that the Brazilian Federal Court has decided that David Goldman can have custody of 9-year old Sean six days per week...as long as he stays in Brazil. This would be a temporary arrangement until a final decision is made.
This announcement comes just days after the fifth anniversary of Sean's kidnapping by his mother and one day after his stepfather's attorney released the transcript of an interview with a psychologist where Sean stated that he wanted to stay in Brazil.
The psychologist's interview was conducted in Portuguese but a translation of the transcript is available at the Bring Sean Home website. If this translation is accurate, it seems clear that the psychologist was leading Sean to say what his Brazilian family wanted and that he was very uncomfortable about the fact that his stepfamily was watching and listening in another room.
One thing that lends credence to David Goldman's claims of parental alienation is that Sean told the psychologist that his father has never come to see him and has promised to visit and then not shown up. In fact, Goldman has been to Brazil more than 11 times in the last five years but was not permitted to see Sean until February of this year. Also, much has been made of the fact that when asked to draw his family, Sean drew only his stepfather, half-sister, and Brazilian grandparents. In fact, according to the transcript, he asked for another piece of paper to continue his drawing but the psychologist told him he was done.
The AP reports that Sean's Brazilian stepfather plans to appeal the latest ruling and David Goldman says that he won't go back to Brazil until he's sure that this arrangement won't be scuttled.
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