[PUGACHEV]

This is another, yet another, example of very bad reporting. the 4th Circuit is not ordering the father to pay the attorney's fees to the winning side on the appeal, just the costs. These are usually small amounts in the hundred dollar range, like the cost of having the briefs printed, and what you can put on your “Bill of Costs” is very strictly defined. The 4th Circuit, like all federal circuit courts, does this in every case: the losing party pays the costs.

[dennisw]

Thats great news. So the Marine’s Dad is only out a few hundred dollars, not thousands