RDRM24140 - Domicile: Illustrative Scenarios: Ms S
S’s domicile of origin is Scotland. In 1966 S went through a marriage ceremony in Jersey with a man, T, who was domiciled there. The couple had two children before S discovered, in 1982, that T had never obtained a valid divorce from his first wife. The marriage between S and T was void and so S had never acquired a domicile of dependence in Jersey from T.
However, S had lived on the island since 1966 with the intention of remaining there indefinitely and so had acquired a Jersey domicile of choice. S’s children have a domicile of origin in Jersey.