Following a four-week parenting trial where the applicant father was granted custody, he sought full recovery of his costs.
The court found that the respondent mother had acted in bad faith throughout the proceeding by spoofing emails, falsifying documents, and actively sabotaging the father's parenting time.
Applying Rule 24(8) of the Family Law Rules, the court awarded the father full recovery of his costs in the amount of $438,188.77, noting that the mother's conduct was designed to inflict maximum emotional and financial harm.
