Lodato and Lodato

In *Lodato and Lodato*, the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs made by the wife following concluded proceedings.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the wife should be awarded her costs of and incidental to the proceedings, or if each party should bear their own costs.

Judge Harman dismissed the wife's application for costs. The Court ordered that each party was to pay their own costs of and incidental to the proceedings.