Section 71 — Care of Children Act 2004: Costs of contravention

71 Costs of contravention (1) On an application for the purpose or on its own initiative, the Court may order a party to a parenting order ( party B ) to reimburse another party to the order ( party A ), either wholly or in part, for costs party A incurred, if the Court is satisfied— (a) that party B contravened the order and had no reasonable excuse for doing so; and (b) that the contravention caused party A to incur the costs; and (c) that the costs party A incurred were reasonable in the circumstances. (2) An order under subsection (1) (the costs order ) may require costs (being costs party A incurred and is, under the order, entitled to be reimbursed for by party B) to be satisfied from money— (a) deposited in the Court by party B as a bond required by an order under section 70(1) ; and (b) forfeited by a direction under section 70(4) made at the same time as the costs order is made. (3) Nothing in this section limits section 121 or section 142 .