165. Who Is Considered a Resident

26:11 A guest within the year of mourning is entitled to one Kaddish among residents who are also in the year of mourning. (If they’re both in the year of mourning, the resident trumps the guest altogether, though the guest has the right to supercede the resident one time – Bi’ur Halacha 132.) 26:12 A resident for the purposes of Kaddish is a person who lives in town (even though he doesn’t pay taxes) or one who pays taxes (even though he lives elsewhere). If one goes to another town to say Kaddish where a parent lived, he is still considered a non-resident. A resident’s live-in employees are also considered residents if they are unmarried but if they have wives in another town, they are non-residents. Students attending a local yeshiva or teachers employed by several residents, even if they have wives living elsewhere are considered residents. If a person is raising an orphan, even if he is paid to do so, the child is considered a resident because he has no parents elsewhere. However, a foster child with a living parent in another city is not considered a resident but rather a guest.