I would.
In B.C., you are able to leave. The other party doesn't have to be present. You can leave and then go to court to make that attestation. I think that's important, particularly for low-income women. They are often very fearful of the state and of their children being apprehended. I've heard many women say that they are concerned about having endured these relationships and exposed their child to domestic violence because if they continue to do so, that's grounds for the ministry to come and apprehend their children. They feel caught in a situation where they don't have the resources to leave, but they understand that their child may be apprehended from them because they're not protecting their child from exposure to violence—either to the child themselves or to the parent.
Every provincial legislation across the country is constructed that way. I think it is important to allow women the opportunity to leave, to flee, to protect themselves and their child, and then to make that statement.