B. Rashdi

Following a 16-day family law trial, both parties sought costs.

The applicant was overwhelmingly more successful on the major issues, including parenting, and was presumptively entitled to costs.

The court found that the respondent and her former counsel engaged in egregious and unreasonable litigation conduct, including breaching court orders, making unsubstantiated allegations of child abuse, and launching personal attacks.

As a result, the court awarded the applicant costs on a 90% close-to-full recovery basis, fixing the amount at $173,601.90, to be paid from the respondent's share of the net proceeds of the sale of the matrimonial home.

The parties separated after a 12.5-year marriage.

The applicant father sought shared parenting, sole decision-making responsibility, and the sale of the matrimonial home.

The respondent mother sought sole decision-making, exclusive possession of the home, and various financial claims.

The court ordered the immediate sale of the matrimonial home and granted the applicant sole decision-making responsibility due to the respondent's alienating conduct.

The court ordered an equal shared parenting schedule.

The court also resolved complex financial issues, including equalization of net family properties, post-separation adjustments, occupation rent, and retrospective and prospective child and spousal support.

The applicant was ordered to pay a net amount of $3,100 to the respondent after offsetting all financial claims.

The applicant brought a motion for exclusive possession of a home owned by the parties as tenants in common, and for an order permitting her to retrieve personal property.

The parties, who were unmarried, separated in 2018 and the respondent remained in the home.

The court ordered the immediate sale of the home, directing the respondent to vacate the property by April 30, 2020, and established a detailed procedure for listing and selling the property.