The applicant father sought costs following the settlement of a Hague Convention application for the return of the children to the Netherlands.
The respondent mother had heavily resisted the application and brought an unsuccessful motion to adjourn the hearing.
The court noted the mother's lack of corroborating evidence for her claims of abuse and grave risk of harm, contrasting it with the father's extensive corroborating affidavits.
The court awarded the applicant father partial indemnity costs of $15,000 for the application, $2,000 for the adjournment motion, and ordered the previously awarded $5,000 to be payable forthwith, for a total of $22,000.
