This is a costs decision arising from a blended Hague Convention and child protection hearing.
The father successfully obtained an order for the return of the child to Minnesota, establishing that the child had been wrongfully removed from her habitual residence.
The mother had secretly removed the child from the father's custody in Minnesota and brought her to Canada.
The court found the child was in need of protection but ordered her return to Minnesota with conditions, including supervised access and a transition plan.
The father sought costs of $194,055.33 against both the mother and Justice for Children and Youth, claiming full recovery based on bad faith.
The court awarded partial costs to the father against the mother only, finding no bad faith but unreasonable conduct in the unlawful removal of the child.
