A v S - [1982] 1 NZLR 726

Infants and children — Custody dispute between testamentary guardian and mother of child — Mother was awarded custody but ordered to pay her own costs — Court ordered that the costs of the testamentary guardian be paid out of the residue of the father's estate — Mother appealed against orders for costs — Whether the Court had jurisdiction to order that costs be paid out of the residue of the estate — Whether the Court would disturb the award in favour of the testamentary guardian at the suit of the mother — Guardianship Act 1968, s 27B, as enacted in 1980.