s an single woman who is “going steady” with a married man likely to be regarded as his cohabitee or common-law wife ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 27 June, 2022Only if certain conditions established by the courts in leading cases exist. These include: living together, running a household together , intimate relations and some emotional element. A woman who meets a married man regularly but does not live with him and does not share a home with him is likely to be regarded as his mistress, but not his cohabitee or common-law wife, even if they have intimate relations and some emotional attachment.