David Goldman

Sean Goldman, Boy From Brazilian Custody Battle, To Break Silence

Posted 04.24.2012

Sean Goldman, a boy who was caught in the middle of an international custody battle, will speak out for the first time since he was reunited with his ...

Father's Memoir About Famed Custody Battle Set For Release

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A New Jersey man whose 5-year custody battle for his son became international news has a book coming out next year. David Goldman's ...

David Goldman Brought His Son Back From Brazil After Long Custody Battle

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

TRENTON, N.J. — A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired...

US-Brazil Custody Battle Turns Into International Incident

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

RIO DE JANEIRO — A New Jersey man made an emotional plea Friday for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that i...

It's Paying for an Interview - No Matter What You Call It

Ruth Hochberger | Posted 05.25.2011

Ruth Hochberger

While we all felt satisfied that justice had been done for the Goldman family, NBC's decision to pay for a chartered plane to fly David and Sean back to the U.S. smacks of bribery, not justice.

Sean Goldman Finally Reunited With American Father

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. - The father of a 9-year-old boy at the center of a five-year custody battle across two continents looked at his son sleeping on a fligh...

Two Men Who Deserve to be Named 'Father of the Year'

Sharon Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharon Powell

This time of the year, news commentators and talk show hosts seem to debate everything from who was the sexiest, or the most popular, or the most talked about person of the past year.

"Today" Show Scores David Goldman Interview After NBC News Pays For Plane From Brazil

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

The "Today" show's Meredith Vieira scored the exclusive interview with David Goldman, the New Jersey father whose son, Sean, came home from Brazil on ...

Obama and Clinton Fight International Parental Kidnappings

Edward Lozzi | Posted 04.12.2012

Edward Lozzi

Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly voiced her support and threw the weight of her office behind a Hague parental kidnapping case of a boy kidnapped by his mother four years ago.

2009's Headline Dads: A Year in the Garden of Good and Evil

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Phil Bronstein

Not to desert the holiday spirit, but here's to a more nuanced, realistic 2010, full of robust skepticism and humanity without the edges sanded off and tucked neatly into a one-minute elevator pitch.

Sean Goldman Must Be Returned To New Jersey Father, Brazilian Court Rules

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's chief justice ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has waged a five-year legal battle for his son, ordering Brazilian rela...

Sean Goldman's Brazilian Relatives Say They Will Fight To Regain Custody

AP | TALES AZZONI | Posted 05.25.2011

SAO PAULO — The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. L...

Goldman Brazilian Nightmare Over: Father and Son Finally Reunited

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Thane Rosenbaum

Before we luxuriate too comfortably in the Hallmark happy ending of the Goldman father-son reunion, let us not forget that in custody battles, fathers are routinely treated as second-class citizens.

AIG Plummets: Didn't the Reverse Stock Split Cause it?

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Russnow

Folks, AIG hadn't won the lottery in March, April and May and the news forthcoming about its actual worth hasn't been alarming the last week or so.

The Children In The Middle: A Perspective On Human Rights

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

International parental child abduction is not a new phenomenon but its increasing frequency appears to be a by-product of globalization.