Wells and Roberts (No. 3)

In *Wells and Roberts (No. 3)*, the Family Court of Australia considered a dispute concerning costs following parenting proceedings between the father and the mother.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders for the payment of costs incurred by the mother in the parenting proceedings and the costs of the independent children's lawyer.

Justice Rose ordered that the father pay the mother's costs of the parenting proceedings incurred after 26 August 2008, excluding the interim application determined on 21 October 2008, to be assessed and agreed upon or taxed. Additionally, the father was ordered to pay the independent children's lawyer's costs of $10,138.00 by 9 June 2009.