Supreme Court lifts restraining order keeping boy in jail . David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over his 9-year - old son , Sean . Lautenberg 's hold was designed to exert additional pressure on Brazilian authorities to abide by the court order to return Sean to his father , he said . Goldman 's wife took Sean from New Jersey to Rio de Janeiro for two weeks , never returned . Bruna Goldman remarried , later died in childbirth ; she has lived with her family since 2004 .
Supreme Court lifts restraining order keeping boy in jail . David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over his 9-year - old son , Sean . Goldman 's wife took Sean from New Jersey to Rio de Janeiro for two weeks , never returned . Bruna Goldman remarried , later died in childbirth ; she has lived with her family since 2004 .