The court issued a costs endorsement following two motions where success was roughly evenly divided between the applicant mother and the respondent father.
The mother succeeded on joint decision-making responsibility with final say and child support for her older son, but not on primary residence for the child T. The father succeeded on an equal shared parenting regime but not on sole decision-making.
Neither party acted in bad faith.
Despite the mother's more reasonable offers to settle, they did not warrant special costs consequences.
The court ordered each party to bear their own costs, finding this to be the most fair, just, and reasonable decision given the balanced outcomes and the objective of encouraging settlement.
The court also addressed two remaining issues: child support for T. (including section 7 expenses) and holiday parenting time, remaining seized of these matters.
