Lawyer: Legal concerns led CBS not to air interview with boy in US-Brazil custody battle

Lawyer: Persuaded CBS not to air custody interview

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Two Brazilian family members of a boy at the center of an international custody battle were in the United States on Tuesday to make their case that the boy is better off in Brazil than returning to New Jersey to live with his father.

Brazilian family: Boy at center of international custody dispute wants to remain there, not NJ

Stepfamily: Boy in custody battle chooses Brazil

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — The Brazilian family of a boy at the center of an international custody battle said Tuesday the boy wants to remain in Brazil, where he feels safe and loved.

Judge says boy should stay with his American dad, but in Brazil, until custody case sorted out

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Lawyers in the U.S. and Brazil are preparing to respond to the latest court order in an international custody case.

Lawyer in US-Brazil custody case: Boy should not have to decide where he wants to live

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Lawyers in the U.S. and Brazil are preparing to respond to the latest court order in an international custody case giving a 9-year-old boy’s American father some custody rights.

NJ man in custody battle in Brazil returns home without son, says court battle is taking toll

RED BANK, N.J. — A New Jersey father who has been trying for five years to get custody of his son in Brazil says he believes the legal battle is taking a toll on his son.

NJ man in custody battle in Brazil goes home without son; court review scheduled for next week

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey father who has been trying for five years to get custody of his son in Brazil has returned home alone.

US congressman presses for sanctions vs. Brazil over custody case involving NJ man and his son

TRENTON, N.J. — A U.S. congressman is pushing to suspend certain trade preferences with Brazil until a boy at the center of a custody dispute there is returned to his father in New Jersey.

Twists in NJ man’s quest for custody of son in Brazil put focus on what’s best for the boy

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Under international law, it appears straightforward that a 9-year-old boy who has lived most of his life in Brazil should be returned to his father in New Jersey.

Brazil supreme court delays NJ father from taking custody of his son; dad may head home alone

NEWARK, N.J. — It’s been an agonizing 72 hours for a New Jersey father who rushed to Brazil earlier this week, hoping to bring home the son who has become the center of an ongoing custody dispute and debate over whether Brazilian courts or international law can determine what’s best for the child.

NJ father says he’s not giving up on getting custody of son in Brazil, despite legal setback

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey father who headed to Brazil to take custody of his son says he’s frustrated by a judge’s decision but will never give up fighting for his child.

NJ man arrives in Brazil hoping to reclaim custody of son after courts there rule in his favor

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey father hopes to bring his son home from Brazil as early as Wednesday, following a multiyear custody battle that reached the highest levels of both the Brazilian and U.S. governments.

NJ man in arrives in Brazil to reclaim custody of son after courts rule in his favor

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey father has arrived in Brazil with the goal of bringing his son back to the United States.

Lawyer says divorced NJ man to get custody of 8-year-old son taken to Brazil by his mother

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal court in Brazil has ruled that a New Jersey father should get custody of his 8-year-old son, whose mother took him to the South American nation after their divorce and died there, the man’s lawyer said Monday.

Lawyer says NJ man to get custody of 8-year-old son taken to Brazil by mother after divorce

TRENTON, N.J. — A lawyer for a New Jersey man who asked Brazil’s government to grant him custody of his 8-year-old son says the federal court there has ordered the boy returned to him.