The court awarded the father $11,000 in costs after the mother wrongfully removed their child to Egypt and breached a return order.
The applicant father sought costs for two motions and a case conference related to the respondent mother's wrongful removal of their child to Egypt.
The court found the mother's conduct unreasonable, including breaching a prior order to return the child and failing to participate in the case conference.
The court awarded the father $10,000 for the motions and $1,000 for the case conference, emphasizing costs as a tool to sanction inappropriate litigant behavior.
Al-Riffai v. Hussein, 2022 ONCJ 583
