This costs endorsement followed a two-day trial where the applicant mother sought supervised parenting time with her children, and the respondent father sought non-contact orders.
The court at trial denied the mother's request for parenting time and granted the father's non-contact orders, with the mother receiving only limited information about the children.
The father sought $19,045 in costs, while the mother requested nominal costs.
The court found the father to be the successful party and awarded him $8,500 in costs, inclusive of fees, disbursements, and HST.
Payment of these costs was suspended until the earliest of the mother obtaining employment, receiving Ontario Disability Support Payments (ODSP), or being released from CAMH, acknowledging her current detention and limited financial resources.