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Band-Aid Heiress Loses Bitter Custody Fight

(Feb. 16) -- Elizabeth Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, lost a bitter and often bizarre four-year battle with her ex-boyfriend Tuesday when New York's highest court ruled that her adoption of a Cambodian orphan should be voided. The court affirmed an appellate court's decision in 2007 that because her...

Mom Fails to Give Up Child to Ex-Partner

(Jan. 1) -- A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter Friday, opening the door to possible criminal charges. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the...

Custody Battle Not Over, Brazil Family Says

SAO PAULO (Dec. 29) - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. Lawyers for the relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request from his Brazilian grandmother to allow the boy to make his own wishes known in...

New Jersey Dad Rejoices in Return of Son Held in Brazil

ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 25) - For the first time in five years, a New Jersey father went to bed knowing that no last-minute legal appeal could keep him from his mop-haired son, who was finally back on U.S. soil after a tumultuous intercontinental custody battle involving his Brazilian stepfamily. David Goldman and his...

Father Invited to Brazil for Christmas With Son

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Dec. 19) -- An American man fighting for custody of his 9-year-old son has been invited to spend Christmas with the boy's Brazilian family, the family's attorney said Friday. David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over custody of his son, Sean Goldman, with the family of the boy's deceased...