In Fantony v. Fantony, 21 N.J. 525, 533, 122 A.2d 593 (1956), the Court refused to recognize a Cuban custody decree, and relied on New Jersey's policy of protecting the interests of children domiciled within its territory. In addition, the Court noted that the child's father had filed an action seeking custody of the child in New Jersey before he filed the Cuban action; the mother had neither been served by nor appeared before the Cuban court; and the Cuban court had not been informed that there was a contested custody case in the United States before awarding custody of the child to the father. Id. at 532, 533-36, 122 A.2d 593.