Does a guardian ad litem have the authority to award costs?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Musgrove v. J.N.N., 2000 ABPC 12 (CanLII):
The guardian ad litem submitted that “whether costs are substantive or procedural is not the real issue”. He relied on St. Denis v. Trumbley, supra, as the authority to permit the award of costs.
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