New Jersey Dad's Battle With Brazil Threatening Ties

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'RIO DE JANEIRO — A U.S. man caught in a tug-of-war with his late ex-wife's relatives for custody of his son got a boost from Brazil's top prosecutor in a dispute that is testing an international child abduction treaty and heating up into a political tussle.

Attorney General Luis Inacio Adams filed an appeal with the Supreme Court late Friday challenging a decision by one of its justices suspending an order that David Goldman's son, Sean, be turned over to him.

Citing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, Adams warned in a briefing posted on the court's Web site that "failing to follow that accord will lead to the imposition of sanctions and damage the reputation of Brazil before the international community."
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University of Brasilia political scientist David Fleischer said the case — along with Brazil's refusal to extradite Cesare Battisti, a fugitive ex-militant who is wanted in Italy for murder but remains in Brazil despite an extradition treaty between the two nations — is harming the South American country's reputation.

"This is a case involving an international agreement of repatriation of children that Brazil has signed," Fleischer said, referring to the Hague Convention. "So Brazil will a get nasty international image as a country that doesn't comply with the international agreements it has signed."'

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Ed. note: Very significant, Mr. Adams is the Sol-Gen'l of Brazil, the highest civil-cases representative for the Brazilian government. In short, this warning/criticism is coming from inside Brazil's own government, from its highest legal co-official, too. (the other is Brazil's Atty-Gen'l).

Words from such sources are not to be ignored lightly by their fellows.