This decision addresses costs following a trial concerning child support.
The Applicant (Mother) sought full recovery costs of $24,882.29, while the Respondent (Father) argued each party should bear their own costs.
The court found the Applicant had marginal success on the substantive child support issues but awarded her $10,000 in costs due to the Respondent's unreasonable behaviour, including failure to provide disclosure and obfuscation of income.
The award was deemed proportionate to the issues and outcome, and enforceable as an incident of child support.
