 The Brazilian federal judge granted a verdict favorable to the return of the child to the country of his habitual residence (at the time of his removal), and the judgement stated that the retention of the child in Brazil by his mother was illegal, applying articles 3 and 4 of the Convention.The child returned to Sweden on the same day that the federal judge issued the court order to return the child.According to a 2009 NY Times report, there are presently around fifty unsolved convention cases between the United States and Brazil.