OPINION 58-113Reciprocal Agreement • September 1st, 2006
Contract Type FiledSeptember 1st, 2006The facts are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Paul White of Mountrail County, North Dakota, in July or August of 1957 moved to the State of Washington. On January 10, 1958, Mrs. White was committed to the Western State Hospital in Olympia, Washington, as a nonresident person. The above-mentioned hospital is a state owned and operated institution for the mentally ill. Mr. A.L. Whitmore, County Judge of Mountrail County, has questioned the residence status of Mrs. White on the theory that even though she has not been away from the State of North Dakota for one year that the Whites left North Dakota with the intention of making the State of Washington their permanent home. Your question then is whether Mrs. White is a resident of the State of North Dakota.