US dad pins custody hopes on Brazilian judge

RIO DE JANEIRO: A New Jersey father has his hopes pinned on Brazil's chief justice, praying he will regain custody of his son after a five-year court battle in time to spend the holidays with the boy - in the United States.

David Goldman also said he would allow 9-year-old Sean's Brazilian relatives to visit with his son if he wins the case.

"It's my hope we'll have ... the holidays and New Year's and a very long, happy, healed life as father and son, at home," Goldman said on Sunday. "My whole family and Sean's whole family have been waiting, agonizing for over five years to be reunited with their grandson, with their cousin, with their nephew, with my son."