A trial judge in a relocation case satisfies the duty to give adequate reasons where the judgment, read as a whole, sufficiently discloses the considerations that tipped the balance in favour of one party's proposal, even if the reasoning process is not spelled out with complete clarity. Under s 89AA(1) of the Family Court Act 1997 (WA), where a court finds that equal time with each parent is not reasonably practicable, it is not required to proceed to consider making an equal time order under s 89AA(1)(c).
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