North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-01-26. Residence--Rules for determining

1. It is the place where one remains when not called elsewhere for labor or other special or temporary purpose and to which the person returns in seasons of repose.

2. There can be only one residence.

3. A residence cannot be lost until another is gained.

4. The residence of the supporting parent during the supporting parent's life, and after the supporting parent's death, the residence of the other parent is the residence of the unmarried minor children.

5. An individual's residence does not automatically change upon marriage, but changes in accordance with subsection 7. The residence of either party to a marriage is not presumptive evidence of the other party's residence.

6. The residence of an unmarried minor who has a parent living cannot be changed by either that minor's own act or that of that minor's guardian.

7. The residence can be changed only by the union of act and intent.