Question

Rojas loses his job as a stockbroker in New York. He looks for work, and is offered a one-year contract to work in California as a financial analyst for a large mutual fund company. He takes the job, planning to return to New York when the job ends. He starts work, likes California and decides to look for work in California after the contract ends. But two months later his company offers him a promotion to a job in Illinois, and he decides to take it when the year is up. After deciding to go to Illinois

(A) Rojas is not domiciled in California, because when he arrived there he planned to leave on the occurrence of a definite event.
(B) Rojas is still domiciled in New York, because his job will end at the end of one year.
(C) Rojas acquired domicile in California upon his arrival, since he intended to stay for a year.
(D) Rojas is domiciled in California, even though he plans to leave at the end of the year.
(E) Rojas acquired domicile in California, but has lost it after deciding to leave at the end of the year.

Answer 1

Rojas is not considered to be domiciled in California because his intent upon arrival was to leave after a definite event, which is the end of his contract. His situation changes when he decides to stay and look for work, but once he plans to move to Illinois, his domicile in California becomes non-permanent again.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question seems to be about establishing domicile and how domicile is affected by an individual's intent to remain in a place. Given that Rojas initially moved to California for a job contract of one year, initially he did not acquire domicile since he intended to leave after a specific event (his contract ending). However, two key facts update his domiciliary status: (1) He began to seek permanent work within California, thus indicating an intent to remain indefinitely, and (2) his company offered him a promotion in Illinois which he plans to accept after a year. As domicile generally requires physical presence coupled with an intent to remain indefinitely, the most accurate answer seems to be (A) Rojas is not domiciled in California, because when he arrived there, he planned to leave on the occurrence of a definite event. This implies that once he decided to stay and look for work indefinitely, he would be considered domiciled in California, but after deciding to move to Illinois, he does not maintain that domicile because his intent to stay in California is no longer indefinite.