In In re Nada R. (2001) 89 Cal. App. 4th 1166, the father, a Saudi Arabian citizen, and the mother, a United States resident, had a daughter in California and moved to Saudi Arabia where a second daughter was born. (In re Nada R., supra, 89 Cal. App. 4th at p. 1171.) The mother moved back to California and the father unilaterally obtained a divorce and was awarded custody of both children by a Saudi Arabian court. (Ibid.) Five years later, after the father took the children to Florida and hit one child, the mother took them to California. (Ibid.) Both children disclosed the father drove with them while intoxicated and one child disclosed multiple episodes of sexual abuse. ( Id. In re Nada R. 89 Cal. App. 4th at pp. 1171-1172.) There was no evidence a Saudi Arabian court would address the problems disclosed by the children. Under such circumstances, the court could properly assume jurisdiction under section 3423 apart from its emergency jurisdiction under section 3424.