Sean Richard Bianchi Carneiro Ribeiro Goldman[1][2] was born in the year 2000 in the United States, to an American father and Brazilian mother.
The father David Goldman vowed to have his son back and lawsuits and counter-lawsuits ensued both in the United States and in Brazil.
She then married Brazilian lawyer João Paulo Lins e Silva in 2007, and subsequently died while giving birth to their child in 2008.
The January 2009 Dateline piece caught the attention of Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) who contacted the father and offered help.
[8] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a New Jersey senator had protested the long legal battle by delaying a trade measure to extend billions of dollars of duty-free benefits on some Brazilian exports.
The "Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014" was passed into law after being approved by US Congress and signed by the President.
[16] The law requires the US State Department to submit an annual report to Congress on countries' compliance with their obligations under the Hague Child Abduction Convention.