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An Individual Can Hold Two State Citizenships At Once For Diversity

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • Civil Procedure1

Example wrong choices

  • 17412_seminary_faculty_apartment · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice BMassachusetts, because she currently resides there.

    Why it's attractive

    The student sees 'currently resides' and picks the current-residence state. The Gold Key tells the student domicile requires both elements, and Lydia's intent is to return to Texas.

    Why it's wrong

    The student sees 'currently resides' and picks the current-residence state. The Gold Key tells the student domicile requires both elements, and Lydia's intent is to return to Texas.

  • 17412_seminary_faculty_apartment · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice CBoth Texas and Massachusetts, because individuals have citizenship wherever they live during a year.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice asserts dual state citizenship, which the diversity rule does not allow. An individual has one domicile at a time.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice asserts dual state citizenship, which the diversity rule does not allow. An individual has one domicile at a time.

  • 17412_seminary_faculty_apartment · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice DNo state, because she is away from her permanent home.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice asserts that physical absence from the permanent home destroys the domicile. The sticky-domicile test defeats this: domicile persists through physical absence until a new domicile is acquired.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice asserts that physical absence from the permanent home destroys the domicile. The sticky-domicile test defeats this: domicile persists through physical absence until a new domicile is acquired.

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