November 21st, 2009
 

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Boy in spousal kidnap case reunited with guardian


(Jerusalem) A New York City boy kidnapped by one of his two gay fathers has been reunited with the other, his legal guardian. But police in Israel where the boy was taken have not have not decided whether to bring charges.

Eric Hyett fled New York with 23-month old Jedidiah earlier this month, during a long custody fight with Joshua Glazer.

Hyett claimed that Glazer had ignored offers to settle for a year, but Glazer, in an interview with the New York Daily News said that Hyett is the problem, calling him “manipulative.”

The two men were married in Massachusetts four years ago and lived in New York City.  They separated last year.

Jedidiah was adopted shortly after birth, when the boy’s mother, a friend of the couple’s, gave him up.

Glazer said the marriage failed after Jedidiah was adopted because “Eric became extremely jealous of the time I was spending with our baby.”

After the couple separated, a court awarded Glazer primary custody and Hyett visitation rights.

Under the court terms, Hyett was allowed to see the boy every weekend.

This month, Hyett asked to keep the boy two extra days so that he could take Jedidiah to Boston to visit his grandparents and Glazer agreed.

It was the last time Glazer saw the boy until Thursday, when Jerusalem police found the boy and reunited him with Glazer.

“It’s the most wonderful feeling in the world to have him back,” Glazer told the Post by phone from Israel. “I was really so happy to see he was OK and well. He was a little dirty and hadn’t been bathed, but none of that mattered.”

Authorities in Israel say they are looking at international law before deciding whether to arrest Hyett and return him to New York to face charges of custodial interference.

Police in New York say they believe it to be the first abduction case in New York City in memory involving a married gay couple.


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  • Tal Said: August 16th, 2008 at 5:43 am
    • There’s been no mention of all this in the local news here in Israel, not even in the main gay community websites.

 
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