The applicant mother was substantially successful on her motion for spousal support and interim disbursements.
She sought $20,000 in full indemnity costs.
The court found she did not beat her non-severable offer to settle on all issues, as she obtained slightly less spousal support and substantially less in interim disbursements than offered.
Applying principles of proportionality and rejecting the respondent father's unproven claim of inability to pay given his $500,000 annual income, the court awarded the mother $12,000 in all-inclusive costs on a partial indemnity basis.
