Deborah Iyesomi Adebayo

This is a costs endorsement following a motion decision regarding temporary parenting and child support orders for the parties' daughter.

The respondent (mother) sought costs of $4,809 while the applicant (father) sought costs of $3,164 or alternatively requested that each party bear its own costs.

The court found the mother was the more successful party overall, particularly on child support issues where she obtained a significant increase.

The court awarded costs to the mother in the amount of $3,600, inclusive of fees, disbursements and HST, payable within 30 days.

Two motions were heard regarding parenting time, government documentation, international travel, and child support for a child born in October 2023.

The parties never cohabited.

The mother sought to impute income to the father based on his corporate business operating group homes, claiming he sheltered money to reduce child support obligations.

The father sought expanded parenting time and opposed the mother's travel and documentation requests.

The court ordered a gradual increase in parenting time, permitted the mother to obtain government documentation and travel internationally without the father's consent, and imputed an annual income of $120,000 to the father for child support purposes based on an amount the parties had previously agreed upon, finding the father's claimed $60,000 salary was not credible given his business grossed over one million dollars annually.