Chandler v. Brock

Plaintiff appeals a judgment denying his demand to disqualify Brock as a candidate for election to the Winn Parish Police Jury on the grounds that Brock is a resident of Natchitoches Parish. LRS 18:1401 et seq. The residency requirement for qualifying as a candidate for public office is related to legal domicile.

The issue is whether Brock’s moving himself and his family into a rented premises in Natchitoches Parish after Brock’s Winn Parish home burned in late 1986, constituted an abandonment of Brock’s domicile of some 16 years in Winn Parish. There is a presumption against a change of…