Domestic partners are defined in s 9(1) of the FVPA as: (b) people who are not married but are in a relationship as a couple where one person provides personal or financial commitment and domestic support for the other person. In order to determine whether people who are not in a registered relationship are domestic partners, the court must take into account all the circumstances of the relationship, including the following matters referred to in s 35(2) of the Relationships Act 2008: (a) the degree of mutual commitment to a shared life; (b) the duration of the relationship; (c) the nature and extent of common residence; (d) whether or not a sexual relationship exists; (e) the degree of financial dependence or interdependence, and any arrangements for financial support, between the parties; (f) the ownership, use and acquisition of property; (h) the reputation and public aspects of the relationship.
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