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Grandmother Fights for Visitation in Goldman Case
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 5) --The familial saga, along with its legal maneuvering, continues. The grandmother of Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old at the center of a bitter, five-year custody dispute, says the boy's father, David Goldman, is denying her the right to visit or speak to the child now since Goldman brought him from Brazil to live in New Jersey. According to The Associated Press, Silvana Bianchi, Sean's grandmother and Goldman's former mother-in-law, filed an emergency appeal with a U.S. judge so she could visit the boy on a recent trip to New Jersey. The request was denied, but a visitation hearing ...
Sen. Frank Lautenberg Diagnosed With Stomach Cancer
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Frank Lautenberg (D--N.J.) has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, but is expected to have a full recovery, his office announced Friday afternoon. The 86-year-old Lautenberg was admitted to a New Jersey hospital earlier this week. His spokesperson said then that the senator had fallen at his New Jersey home Monday when he became lightheaded, and would remain in the hospital to be treated for a bleeding ulcer. Today, spokesperson Caley Gray said that further testing had revealed a more serious, but still treatable, condition. "After several days of hospitalization and testing, Senator ...
Heavy Snow Expected for Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 5) -- The threat of up to 2 feet of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic caused airline cancellations Friday, closed schools and emptied Virginia's Statehouse. Those who can work from home should do so, said Joan Morris, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation. Across the region, state officials were deploying thousands of trucks and employees and had hundreds of thousands of tons of salt at the ready. "This is not a good mix," Morris said. "Heavy, wet snow with gusting winds is going to make it a very tough storm for us. I expect visibility will be very ...
Before Stepping Aside in New Jersey, Corzine Signs Medical Marijuana Law
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyIn one of his final acts as governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine approved a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Corzine, a Democrat, signed the legislation, along with a flurry of other bills, late Monday, just before ceding the statehouse to Republican Chris Christie, The Star-Ledger reported. Christie took office Tuesday at noon. The measure, which would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to people with AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular dystrophy and other serious ailments, passed both the General Assembly and the State Assembly on the final day of the legislative ...
New Jersey Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Use
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe New Jersey legislature on Monday made the Garden State the 14th in the U.S. -- but one of the few on the East Coast -- to legalize the prescription of marijuana for chronic illnesses, the New York Times reports. The measure, which would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to those who suffer with AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, muscular dystrophy and other ailments, passed both the General Assembly and the State Assembly on the final day of the legislative session. Marijuana for medical use will be grown in special state-overseen dispensaries. Gov. Jon Corzine said he would sign the bill ...
Gay Marriage Bill Defeated in New Jersey
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNew Jersey's Senate has rejected a proposal to allow same-sex couples to marry in the state. Lawmakers voted 20-14 late Thursday against the bill that would have made New Jersey the sixth state to allow gay marriages, the New York Times reported. The measure's supporters had hoped it would pass before Jan. 19, when Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, who promised to sign it, steps down. Corzine will be replaced by Republican Chris Christie, who has said he opposes the bill. With the legislative process exhausted, gay marriage advocates and opponents will prepare for a new fight before the New ...
Chris Christie's Brother Could Be Political Liability in New Jersey
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTodd Christie, brother of New Jersey's newly elected governor, Chris Christie, made $60 million when Goldman Sachs bought his stock firm, and was then implicated in a federal fraud investigation, the New York Times reports. Christie emerged without damage to his reputation to found a new company and a private charity. But he has taken a high-profile role in planning his brother's inauguration ceremony, and, if he sticks close to the governor's office afterward, could be seen as a political liability. Todd Christie has been accused of "buying" political office for his older brother. He gave ...
Custody Battle Not Over, Brazil Family Says
By not in system - AOL NewsSAO PAULO (Dec. 29) - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. Lawyers for the relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request from his Brazilian grandmother to allow the boy to make his own wishes known in court. "Sean's early delivery does not end the legal process," the lawyers said in a statement. "The legal process in Brazil is not over." ...
New Jersey Dad Rejoices in Return of Son Held in Brazil
By not in system - AOL NewsORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 25) - For the first time in five years, a New Jersey father went to bed knowing that no last-minute legal appeal could keep him from his mop-haired son, who was finally back on U.S. soil after a tumultuous intercontinental custody battle involving his Brazilian stepfamily. David Goldman and his 9-year-old son, Sean, landed in Orlando from Brazil on Christmas Eve before being whisked away in a caravan of three SUVs, heading toward an unknown destination. "My little boy is 5 feet away, sound asleep, peaceful," Goldman, of Tinton Falls, N.J., told NBC during the flight. ...
US Dad Should Get Custody of Son, Brazilian Judge Says
By not in system - AOL NewsRIO DE JANEIRO (Dec. 23) -- A U.S. man involved in a five-year battle for his son is closer than ever to being reunited with the boy, and waits now to see if Brazilian relatives will comply with an order from Brazil's chief justice to give up custody. The justice ruled Tuesday that the 9-year-old be turned over to David Goldman in a decision that appeared to bring the case in line with international custody accords. The boy, Sean, was taken by Goldman's now-deceased ex-wife to her native Brazil in 2004, where he has remained. Goldman, of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, has been fighting to get him ...
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