“Temporary absence” means, according to the publications, “if one or both of you are temporarily absent from your home due to special circumstances such as illness, education, business, vacation, or military service.”
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
http://dinesentax.com/802/when-a-temporary-absence-is-not-a-temporary-absence">http://dinesentax.com...> (google results in several others incl. Pub 17).
