OPINION
INTRODUCTION
In this case we must decide whether a trial court had the power to dismiss a petition seeking return of children under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, October 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670 (Convention) because of the petitioner's delay in prosecuting it and then proceed to decide child custody and related matters under state law.
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