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Mr. Pace stated that the opposite is true with respect to the slam-dunk <br />Mr. Crow and Ms. Carr claimed in the question of Mr. Hales’ residency. He <br />stated that the court debunks this notion of a slam-dunk in the 1972 <br />Supreme Court case, King vs. Walsh where the majority opinion states “The <br />question of residence or domicile is one of fact, a question often difficult to <br />determine”. Mr. Pace stated that King vs. Walsh was a split decision with a <br />narrow four vote majority. Two dissenting opinions were written, which is a <br />testament to the difficulty of the question. He stated that the proper <br />conclusion of residency for Mr. Hales, according to King vs. Walsh, is that his <br />original domicile, Clayton, was his residence until his mother sold her home <br />in April of 2013. Mr. Pace stated that the court states that “A temporary <br />absence of a person from his usual residence through a series of years does <br />not necessarily cause a loss of such residence. A person can have but one <br />domicile, which when once established continues until he renounces it”. He <br />stated that the court in King vs. Walsh set a high bar for renouncement. Mr. <br />Kit Bond swore that he was a resident of Georgia for twelve months in order <br />for him to join the Georgia Bar. Yet the Court ruled that not even this was a <br />renouncement of Mr. Bond’s Missouri residency. <br /> Mr. Pace stated that Mr. Hales grew up in Clayton and never renounced <br />his residency in Clayton. He stated that the Court states that “The original <br />domicile is favored and where the facts are conflicting the presumption is <br />strongly in favor of an original or former domicile, as against an acquired <br />one”. Mr. Pace stated that Mr. Hales knew that he could always go home, <br />and he did just that by moving back into his childhood home when he was <br />rehabbing property in University City. Mr. Pace concluded by stating that <br />this is the proper interpretation of King vs. Walsh. <br /> <br />P.COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />Q.ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Shelley Welsch announced that the meeting was adjourned at 7:36 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />