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Court awards two‑thirds costs after ill‑advised custody motion.
Following a family law motion concerning custody and parenting arrangements, the court addressed costs after dismissing the mother’s motion for sole custody and ordering joint custody with a parenting schedule proposed by the father.
The court found the motion was ill‑advised and unsupported by evidence that a change to the parties’ existing parenting arrangement was in the children’s best interests.
The father sought more than $30,000 in costs, reduced by $5,000 for limited success on minor issues.
The court accepted that the fees were incurred but declined to award full recovery, instead granting two‑thirds of the claimed costs.
The court also criticized the responding party’s costs submissions for improperly repeating arguments rejected on the motion.
