(1) A domestic relationship means a family relationship, a relationship akin to a family relationship or a relationship in a domestic situation that exists or has existed between a complainant and a respondent and includes a relationship where the complainant
(a) is or has been married to the respondent;
(b) lives with the respondent in a relationship in the nature of a marriage even if they are not or were not married to each other or could not or cannot be married to each other;
(c) is engaged to the respondent, courting the respondent or is in an actual or perceived romantic, intimate, or cordial relationship not necessarily including a sexual relationship with the respondent;
(d) and respondent are parents of a child, are expecting a child together or are foster parents of a child;
(e) and respondent are family members related by consanguinity, affinity or adoption, or would be so related if they were married either customarily or under an enactment or were able to be married or if they were living together as spouses although they are not married;
(f) and respondent share or shared the same residence or are cotenants;
(g) is a parent, an elderly blood relation or is an elderly person who is by law a relation of the respondent;
(h) is a house help in the household of the respondent; or
(i) is in a relationship determined by the court to be a domestic relationship.
(2) A Court shall in a determination under paragraph
(i) of subsection
(1) have regard to
(a) the amount of time the persons spend together,
(b) the place where that time is ordinarily spent,
(c) the manner in which that time is spent, and
(d) the duration of the relationship.
(3) A person is in a domestic relationship where
(a) the person is providing refuge to a complainant whom a respondent seeks to attack, or
(b) the person is acting as an agent of the respondent or encourages the respondent.