My DP has a deed of separation with his exw which sorted the finances when they separated. They have the decree nisi but she will not apply for the absolute until he agrees to give her more money and change the deed of separation to a financial order to do this. She already receives more maintenance than the minimum plus extras and has restricted access to his children for over a year and he has only just managed to get a contact order for this. My question is, if he applies for the absolute and it goes to court for hearing because of the finances can he ask her to cover the costs? No personal judgement please, my dp has suffered considerably for over a year as his exw wants to make the divorce as bitter as possible and wants him to pay for everything including family care as in when she asks her mum to look after the children when she is out. The only reason she will not agree to a reasonable financial order is to delay the process further.