"who is in a new relationship"

[Odessa Dawn]

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"Johnny’s father, who is in a new relationship, does not pay child support despite being in full-time employment. But he looks after his son two nights a week as well as buying him shoes and clothes. Jackie feels her ex does all he can. The couple split up before Johnny was born."

Does "in a new relationship" mean newlywed?

 

[Barb_D]

It's not certain if it just means that he has recently started dating someone, or if he is recently married. I assume the first, but someone might use "new" to mean "new after Johnny's mother" instead of "recent."