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Domicile Act 1984 [1 MIRC Ch.8]

CHAPTER 8.

DOMICILE

Arrangement of Sections

Section
§801. Short title.
§802. Establishing domicile in the Republic.

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An Act relating to what constitutes establishing a domicile in the Republic.

Commencement: March 14, 1984
Source: P.L. 1984-5

§801. Short Title.

This Chapter may be cited as the "Domicile Act 1984". [P.L. 1984-5, §1.]

§802. Establishing domicile in the Republic.

(1) A person shall be deemed for all purposes to have a domicile in the Republic when:

(a) the person has a place of abode in the Republic; and

(b) either:

(i) he intends to make the Republic his permanent home; or

(ii) subject to Subsection (2) of this Section, in the case of an infant or other person incapable of forming the requisite intent, his legal guardian appointed or confirmed by the courts of the Republic intends to make the permanent home of such infant or other person in the Republic.

(2) Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, the intent referred to in Subsection ( 1)(b) of this Section shall be presumed upon the filing, by the legal guardian of the infant or other person, with the Clerk of Courts, a sworn statement signed by the legal guardian stating that the legal guardian intends to make the permanent home of such infant or other person in the Republic. [P.L. 1984-5, §2.]