NEW : Clinton : ` ` It is my hope that this long legal process is now complete '' Dad hopeful , but not optimistic after ruling . Clinton rules that Goldman cannot regain custody of his 9-year - old son . So far , the boy 's Brazilian family has filed 40 appeals , most of them procedural but one substantive . Goldman 's wife took son to Brazil in 2004 ; she filed for divorce and later remarried .
NEW : Clinton : ` ` It is my hope that this long legal process is now complete '' Dad hopeful , but not optimistic after ruling . Clinton rules that Goldman cannot regain custody of his 9-year - old son . Goldman 's wife took son to Brazil in 2004 ; she filed for divorce and later remarried .