Other state courts have used the test pronounced in Pamperin. See, e.g., American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thiem, 498 N.W.2d 279, 282 (Minn.Ct.App. 1993), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 503 N.W.2d 789 (Minn. 1993); Farmers Ins. Co. v. Oliver, 154 Ariz. 174, 741 P.2d 307, 311 (App. 1987); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 151 Ariz. 591, 729 P.2d 945, 946 (App. 1986).
Thompson Dep. 8:18–21; seeAm. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thiem , 498 N.W.2d 279, 283 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) ("The determination of residency should not be based on the status of the parties under a dissolution judgment, however, but on the facts of the case."), aff'd in part, rev'd in part , 503 N.W.2d 789 (Minn.
On petition for further review of American Family Mutual Insurance Company, we consider a decision of the court of appeals reversing the summary judgment entered in favor of the petitioner-insurer and remanding for further proceedings in this insurance coverage dispute. American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thiem, 498 N.W.2d 279 (Minn.App. 1993). While the facts are more fully detailed in the decision of the court of appeals, it is sufficient for our purposes to summarize them as follows: 10-year-old Joshua Thiem died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on August 31, 1990 while a passenger in an automobile driven by his mother.
There were also times when [the son's] mother would call [the father] and ask him to take the children. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thiem, 498 N.W.2d 279, 281 (Minn.App. 1993), affd in part, rev'd in part, 503 N.W.2d 789 (Minn. 1993).
Again, these factors are, to some extent, more relevant to a determination of whether a person is a resident of a household, but nevertheless, the record shows that at the time of the incident, Brenny had been renting from Neumann for two months. See American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thiem, 498 N.W.2d 279, 283 (Minn.App. 1993) (length of stay is one factor to be considered in determining residency in a household), aff'd inpart, rev'd in part, 503 N.W.2d 789 (Minn. 1993).
Viktora, 318 N.W.2d at 706 (quoting Pamperin v.Milwaukee Mut. Ins. Co., 197 N.W.2d 783, 788 (Wis. 1972)). Courts analyze the duration-of-stay element in the broader sense of the relationship of the persons to each other and to the household, rather than in the narrow sense of the duration of individual visits. American Family Mut. Ins.Co. v. Thiem, 498 N.W.2d 279, 283 (Minn.App.), aff'd in relevant part, 503 N.W.2d 789 (Minn. 1993).