(재판) 국제 양육권 분쟁 종결
(재판) 국제 양육권 분쟁 종결
It’s finally over. A five-year tug of war줄다리기 comes to an end as a Brazilian family agrees to turn over a 9-year-old boy to his American father. This is the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Meanwhile, a holiday reunion is in store for David Goldman and his 9-year-old son, Shawn. The American father has vowed he won’t leave Brazil without his son. And tonight, it appears he won’t have to. The boy’s Brazilian relatives say they’re packing up his toys as they prepare to turn him over to his father just hours from now. Here’s Jeff Glor.
After five-long desperate years, David Goldman’s legal battle seems to be over. But the waiting continues. Shawn Goldman’s Brazilian family said today they would honor the Brazilian Supreme Court’s decision giving up their fight for the 9-year-old boy. Lawyers are now discussing an exchange that would be as seamless한결같은 as possible.
This bitter family battle began when Shawn was only three after his mother took him to Brazil, divorced David, and married a prominent Brazilian lawyer. Shawn’s mother died in childbirth last year. But his new step father and grandmother kept fighting to keep him in South America. “It’s the whole reason that they’re here for five years. It’s because these judges haven’t been doing their jobs all that time.”
Shawn Goldman, it turns out, is hardly the only child caught in an international custody fight. Across the globe, the State Department is actively involved in the return of 3000 other American children abducted by parents and taken overseas. 16 of those cases are in Brazil. A country what some feel is only now vowing to pressure after congress threaten to hold up a $3 billion trade bill.
“My hope is that the United States uses its power in it behind the scenes they’re working, not only to get Shawn Goldman back home, but to get all the other kids that are stuck in Brazil back home.” The fate of all those other children will have to wait. Tonight it appears at least one case is resolved. Jeff Glor, CBS News, New York.