What are the costs of a family litigation?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Brouwer v Brouwer, 2019 BCSC 1435 (CanLII):

In family litigation costs normally follow the event, that is, the successful party is entitled to their costs (Lenko v. Lenko, 2011 BCSC 129 at para 3).

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