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Are you kidding? The NJ courts rarely give custody to the father. She took the kids and fled the country! She was arrested for it in UAE (I think).

She isn't a US resident. She had every right to leave and take her children with her. Why would a NJ court have any right to hear a divorce petition from two foreigners? It's obvious the judge took the case for political reasons.

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The divorce put an end to the Maksudis' cornucopia. Gulnara practically smuggled her kids out of New Jersey where she had lived with her husband. The Uzbek court ruled that the children should be raised by the mother, the American sided up with the father, a citizen of the United States. Gulnara did not return the children, and the court ordered her arrest and slapped the fine of $3.2 million on Karimova.

They were residents in NJ when the divorce took place. The husband is a US Citizen. She fled the country and was arrested in the UAE until her dad made her an ambassador which gave her diplomatic immunity.