Rhode Island Supreme Court Takes Broad Approach to Household Residency

In Peerless Insurance Company v. Luppe, 2015 R.I. LEXIS 87 (R.I. June 17, 2015), the Rhode Island Supreme Court held that a minor child of divorced parents can be a resident of a non-custodial parent’s household.

The relevant facts are as follows: Maya Henderson’s parents were divorced. Maya’s mother had physical custody. Maya’s father had visitation rights. At some point after the divorce, Maya began staying overnight with her father two nights per week. Maya kept some of her clothing and toiletries at her father’s …

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