intention of permanently settling there ... in the sense of making that place [one's] principal residence indefinitely". An individual who successfully obtains a domicile of choice they can still abandon it. A person abandons a domicile of choice in a country, “by ceasing to intend to reside there permanently or indefinitely, and not otherwise.” Loss of domicile “requires an intention to cease to reside in a place coupled with acts that end one's residence”. Overall, the concept of domicile and its importance has declined over the years, in relation to a connecting factor for choice of law, as a basis of jurisdiction, and as a basis for recognizing foreign divorces. However, this concept and the tests explained were discussed in an Alberta case, Foote v Foote Estate, below. Alberta An Alberta case, Foote v Foote Estate, provides a comprehensive overview of the law of domicile. The late Eldon Douglas Foote lived in Alberta for the first 43 years of his life and in 1970 he purchased property in Norfolk Island, and built a residence. He and his second wife acquired permanent residence status in Norfolk Island in 1977. In 1981 they divorced, and he then married Anne, an Australian citizen, in 1984, who was granted permanent resident status in Norfolk Island in 1966. In 1999, the Footes purchased an unfinished condominium property in Victoria, British Columbia, and construction was complete in 2001. They then spent three summers there. Around the same time, they made plans to sell their residence on Norfolk Island, but it was not advertised for sale. In 2004 Mr. Foote died. The issue in this case was, what was the domicile of the late Mr. Foote when he died? The Alberta Court of Appeal agreed with the trial judge that any plans for Mr. Foote to leave Norfolk Island to take up residence in Victoria and live there indefinitely were undeveloped and the intention was ambiguous. Thus, the court upheld the decision and stated that evidence supported that Mr. Foote’s domicile changed from Alberta to Norfolk Island in 1972 and that he had not acquired a new domicile of choice in British Columbia or Alberta. Nor did he abandon Norfolk and not adopt a new domicile, which would revert his domicile to Alberta. His domicile at his death was in Norfolk Island. Manitoba At common law, if a domicile of choice is abandoned by an individual and