NJ man in Brazil case: Son not yet calling me Dad

NJ man in Brazil case: Son not yet calling me Dad

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired Monday that he’s thrilled they have been reunited but is still waiting to be called “Dad.”

“I said, ‘You can call me Dad,’” David Goldman said on NBC’s “Today” show. “And he didn’t say anything.”

Goldman brought 9-year-old Sean back from Brazil on Christmas Eve after a five-year international custody dispute. The boy’s mother, Bruna Bianchi, took Sean to her native Brazil in 2004, divorced Goldman and remarried. Goldman began legal efforts to get his son back.