A father and son reunited after an international custody battle planned to spend their first holiday season together in five years at Disney World in Florida, a family friend said.
David Goldman and his 9-year-old son, Sean, arrived at Orlando International Airport just after 6 p.m. Thursday after meeting earlier at the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sean Goldman had been living in Brazil since 2004 when his mother, Bruna Bianchi, took him to Rio de Janeiro for what was to have been a two-week vacation. She never returned, instead remarrying there and retaining custody of Sean. She died last year in childbirth.
The Goldmans will spend their first holiday season together in five years at Disney World, a family friend told CNN.
Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, who flew to Rio to support constituent Goldman, called the father-son reunion “extraordinary” in a conference call with reporters.
The lawmaker said “there were lots of smiles, hugs” when the two were reunited. “They talked about basketball, the snowfall in New Jersey just recently and how much fun it is to play in the snow.”
The Christmas Eve reunion follows a five-year battle that involved U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and numerous Brazilian courtrooms.
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