They have de facto relationships so it doesn’t require marriage to apply. I guess there is the pattern of abuse aspect that makes it rather discretionary. Con

They have de facto relationships so it doesn’t require marriage to apply. I guess there is the pattern of abuse aspect that makes it rather discretionary. Conditioning the relationship on sexual exclusivity sounds like a very normal thing to do. My gf knows that if she cheats then that is the automatic end of the relationship. Is that a pattern of behavior or is that one and done. She has the same rule, so who is abusing who? My guess that the law was an overreach on the assumption that the courts can be reasonable - they’re certainly more reasonable than US family courts but that’s a low bar.