The mere intention to acquire a new domicile, without the fact of removal avails nothing, neither does the fact of removal without the intention.
Cal. Elec. Code § 2024
Determination of Residence and Domicile
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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