S. Grewal

Following an interim motion where the responding party was entirely successful, the parties submitted written arguments on costs.

The moving party argued against a costs award, citing her limited financial means and the responding party's alleged unreasonable conduct.

The court rejected the moving party's arguments, noting that financial hardship does not shield an unsuccessful party from costs liability.

The court awarded the responding party partial indemnity costs fixed at $2,800.

The respondent mother brought an interim motion seeking to relocate with the parties' child from Norfolk County to Vaughan, Ontario, pending trial.

The applicant father opposed the move, arguing it would uproot the child from his established community and school.

Applying the test for interim mobility, the court found that there were genuine issues for trial regarding the parties' parenting time and that the mother had not provided compelling reasons to justify disrupting the status quo before a full evidentiary hearing.

The motion for interim relocation, along with requests regarding COVID-19 vaccination and therapy enrollment, was dismissed.