The applicant mother brought an emergency motion to immediately implement a clinical assessor's recommendation to change the primary residence of the child.
The motion was dismissed, and the respondent father sought costs.
The court found the applicant's litigation conduct to be reprehensible, noting she escalated attacks against the respondent and filed unreliable, inflammatory affidavits.
Applying the costs consequences of Rule 18 due to the respondent's reasonable offers to settle, the court awarded the respondent costs approaching full recovery, fixed at $20,000.
