Following a 12-day family law trial primarily focused on the children's estrangement from the applicant father and the respondent mother's mobility claim to Arizona, both parties sought costs.
The court found that success on the parenting issues was divided, as the father did not achieve a custody reversal and the mother was not permitted to move.
Neither party was found to have acted in bad faith or to be markedly more reasonable on the parenting issues, resulting in no costs awarded for that portion.
However, the mother was more successful and reasonable regarding the financial issues, particularly the valuation of the father's professional building.
The court awarded the mother $20,000 in costs inclusive of disbursements and HST for the financial issues.
