Adultery

===Violence between the partners of an adulterous couple===
Married people who form relations with extramarital partners or people who engage in relations with partners married to somebody else may be subjected to violence in these relations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/10/31/wills_found_guilty_of_murdering_mistress.html|title=Wills found guilty of murdering mistress|date=31 October 2007|work=thestar.com|access-date=23 August 2017|archive-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103052143/https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/10/31/wills_found_guilty_of_murdering_mistress.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-officer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-killing-his-mistress-and-daughter/2013/03/22/315eea9c-92fe-11e2-a31e-14700e2724e4_story.html|title=D.C. officer sentenced to life in prison for killing his mistress and daughter|author=Spencer S. Hsu|date=22 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=23 August 2017|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119161056/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-officer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-killing-his-mistress-and-daughter/2013/03/22/315eea9c-92fe-11e2-a31e-14700e2724e4_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of the nature of adultery{{snd}}illicit or illegal in many societies{{snd}}this type of intimate partner violence may go underreported or may not be prosecuted when it is reported; and in some jurisdictions this type of violence is not covered by the specific [[domestic violence]] laws meant to protect persons in legitimate couples.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://derechoalderecho.org/wp-content/uploads/110324desicionsupremoley54-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051854/http://derechoalderecho.org/wp-content/uploads/110324desicionsupremoley54-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalvoices.org/2011/04/03/puerto-rico-controversial-decision-on-domestic-violence/|title=Puerto Rico: Controversial Decision on Domestic Violence · Global Voices|work=Global Voices|date=3 April 2011|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012020746/https://globalvoices.org/2011/04/03/puerto-rico-controversial-decision-on-domestic-violence/|url-status=live}}</ref>