What are the costs of a child custody case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from P.P.W. v. R.S.L.B., 2010 BCSC 968 (CanLII):
The case at bar is concerned with the custody of a child. There is some divergence in the authorities with respect to costs in custody cases. That was discussed by Metzger J. in Jensen v. Mains, 2007 BCSC 1057 at paras. 6-8:
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