Is a successful party in a family law case entitled to costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hakim v. Hakim, 2020 ONSC 6587 (CanLII):
A successful party in a family law case is presumptively entitled to costs, subject to the factors set out in Rule 24 FLR. The Family Law Rules expressly provide that, depending on the conduct of the parties and the presence or absence of offers to settle, a judge may increase or decrease what would otherwise be the appropriate quantum of costs awarded. See Beaver v. Hill, 2018 ONCA 840, at paras. 9 and 10.
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