By Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 10:00 EST, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:43 EST, 15 July 2013 A mother and daughter who were trapped in Brazil after a judge confiscated their passports during an international child custody dispute have finally been allowed to return to the U.S. Shauna Hadden, a 33-year-old social worker from Agawam, Massachusetts, and her six-year-old daughter Ava flew back to America on Friday. Ms Hadden brought her daughter Ava to Brazil on May 21 so the girl could build a relationship with her father after not seeing him in four years. Scroll down for video
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Shauna Hadden and daughter Ava had their U.S. passports confiscated in Brazil last month
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Ms Hadden says her ex-husband Donizete Machado lured them there for a visit but as soon as they touched down, he filed a custody lawsuit for Ava
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Custody battle: When his ex-wife and daughter landed in Brazil, @placeholder reportedly launched a legal battle to keep his daughter in the country
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They had Ava in 2007 and divorced in 2009, before he was deported in 2010 for being in the country illegally - something @placeholder knew nothing about.