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mother and father in the case were both Pakistani, and the child was born in

Pakistan. When the daughter was eight years old, the mother, Joohi, left the

marital home and moved in with her parents in Pakistan. When she realised that

her husband, Anwar, had filed custody proceedings in Pakistan, she fled to the

United States with her daughter. Nonetheless, the custody case proceeded in the

Pakistani court. The mother was represented by counsel but refused to appear in

the proceeding; she also refused to obey a court order that the child be

produced in Pakistan. The Pakistani judge considered a written statement

submitted by the mother detailing certain unsavoury aspects of the husband’s

character, but nonetheless awarded custody to the father. Using private

detectives, the father located the mother and child in Maryland two years

later. The mother then brought suit in Maryland requesting custody while the

father sought enforcement of the Pakistani order that had granted him custody.

What did the mother’s claim in Maryland concern?