The applicant maternal grandmother moved to amend a previous costs order of $85,000 against the respondent father, seeking to apportion 50 percent of the costs to child support.
The father had declared bankruptcy, and costs attributed to child support survive bankruptcy.
The court found it had jurisdiction to apportion costs retroactively.
However, because child support was resolved by consent before trial and was not a contested issue, the court declined to apportion 50 percent as requested.
Instead, considering the time spent and complexity, the court apportioned 10 percent of the costs to child support.