This costs endorsement followed a motion where the Applicant was found to have acted unreasonably and in bad faith by disrupting a three-year status quo regarding child custody, primarily to avoid child support payments.
The Respondent was successful on the motion and sought full recovery costs.
The court found full recovery costs appropriate due to the Applicant's conduct but reduced the claimed amount from $11,400 to $9,000 plus H.S.T., rejecting the Applicant's impecuniosity argument given his strategic actions.
