UCPR 42.19 and 42.20 default costs orders do not create a presumption that the discontinuing party or the party whose proceedings are dismissed must pay costs; they are a relevant but not determinative consideration. The Lai Qin principles apply to determine the appropriate costs order where proceedings do not proceed to final determination, requiring analysis of the reasonableness of the parties' conduct throughout the whole course of the proceedings, not merely at commencement. The outcome of related proceedings in another court is not determinative of the costs discretion but may be a relevant consideration.
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