From: Bill Lucy 

In article <3908c14b$1{at}w3.nls.net>, billy-m{at}pacbell.net says...
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blucy{at}mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.137272aa1f9bcf229897e8{at}news.barkto.com...
39084b2d$1{at}w3.nls.net>, billy-m{at}pacbell.net says...
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> > I frankly don't care what kind of country the child is from.
>
> I wonder what the reaction would be if the child were a young daughter being
> returned to a father living in a country that tolerates genital mutilation
> of females?

Same reaction, Bill.

> > This is *only* a custody case in my eyes, and that issue is settled.
>
> How many custody cases are settled at the federal rather than the state
> level?

Any that generate an international presence. I can't quote figures, but I'd
say quite a few.

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