Following a successful application under the Hague Convention ordering the return of the parties' child to Brazil, the applicant father sought costs of $13,500.
The respondent mother argued costs should be limited to $3,500.
The court reviewed the factors under Rule 24 of the Family Law Rules, finding the father's legal fees and disbursements, including a Voice of the Child Report, to be largely reasonable.
The court fixed costs payable by the mother to the father at $9,960.18 inclusive of HST and disbursements.