This is a costs decision in a child protection proceeding under Part III of the Child and Family Services Act.
The court awarded costs to the child protection society against the respondent parents for two of three motions brought by the parents.
The parents' motion to vary a temporary care and custody order was dismissed, as was their motion to remove a psychiatrist's report from the court record.
The parents also brought six contempt motions (five against individual society workers and one against the agency itself), all of which were dismissed.
The court found the parents' conduct in bringing these motions, particularly the contempt motions based on flawed evidence and material misrepresentations, to be exceptional and warranting costs awards.
The court awarded costs of $4,222.83 on the variation motion and $7,008.04 on the contempt motions, but declined to award costs on the motion to remove the medical report.
