Practice question
A challenger proves that a candidate maintained the old domicile, while the candidate relies only on a plan to relocate in the future. What does the continuing-domicile principle imply?
- A future plan alone does not establish the completed change needed for the represented residence period
- Any plan retroactively establishes years of residence
- The old domicile disappears on announcement
- The challenge must be dismissed without evaluating proof
- A property advertisement conclusively proves residence
Legal references
- Mangudadatu v. COMELEC, GR260219 and260231, April 22, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69908 Domicile, cancellation and local succession holdings within the June 30, 2026 cutoff.
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