MORTON & DIMARCO

In the matter of *Morton & DiMarco*, Stevenson J considered an application for costs brought by the Independent Children's Lawyer (ICL). The ICL sought an order that each of the parties to the proceedings pay one half of her costs, which amounted to $11,493.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the ICL was entitled to recover her costs from the parties to the proceedings. This involved an assessment of the circumstances in which an ICL's costs might be ordered to be paid by the parties, and the principles governing such applications.

Stevenson J dismissed the ICL's application for costs. While leave was granted to the ICL to make the oral application, the Court ultimately determined that the circumstances did not warrant an order for the parties to contribute to the ICL's costs. The specific reasoning for this dismissal is not detailed in the provided text, but the outcome indicates that the threshold for ordering parties to pay an ICL's costs was not met in this instance.