<p>HI, my son will be going to school in the state of Conn this fall. State tuition is much cheaper. MY brother in law lives in Conn, can we make my brother in law my son's guardian and establish residency in Conn to get state tuotion. Or since my son is over 18 ,can he say he does not get along with us and will be moving with my brother in law in Conn to establish residency. Thanks and please help a parent in need.
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<p>Found on UConn’s website
[Connecticut</a> State Residency Statutes :: Undergraduate Admissions :: University of Connecticut](<a href=“http://www.admissions.uconn.edu/apply/residency_statute.php]Connecticut”>http://www.admissions.uconn.edu/apply/residency_statute.php)</p>
<p>In summary, it takes a year for an emancipated person to establish residency in the state of CT; but cannot be a FT student in the state during that year.</p>
<p>If you want your son to be a resident of CT for tuition purposes…you and your family need to move there a full year BEFORE your son matriculates. You and he will then be instate residents and he will get instate tuition. The scenerios you describe above will NOT make your son eligible for instate tuition…he will NOT be considered a resident of CT.</p>
<p>Becoming an emancipated minor is not an easy process. It is not done by merely stating a student “doesn’t get along with his parents”. Think of that…why wouldn’t ALL out of state students simply do this and get instate status. Becoming emancipated means severing all ties with you…the parents. ALL ties…ALL. Is his really what you want to do?And other folks would have to provide evidence that this is the case. Do you want others making up this sort of information? It’s not honest to do so.</p>
<p>I know this is going to sound harsh, but when your son applied to UConn, you KNEW he was out of state for tuition purposes and you knew the costs. If instate tuition was a dealbreaker, you could have moved last year…OR your son could have applied as an instate resident to public universities where you DO reside.</p>
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<p>This is standard operating procedure for in-state status in most of the states.</p>
<p>Conn. is not different than many others. As long as parents live in another state and are providing support, the student who is admitted as a non-resident remains a resident of the other state for entire time in college. “Emanicipation” from parents to allow him to proceed to become considered domicile in the state essentially requires parents to stop providing him any support (which includes ceasing paying any tuiton, giving spending money, letting him live in the home during the summer, etc.)</p>
<p>Sorry, if your son is going to a public school in CT this fall, he/you will have to pay out-of-state tuition, because he/you are NOT RESIDENTS of that state. There’s no way around that.</p>
<p>It looks like if he marries a Connecticut resident he is golden.</p>
<p>^^^Maybe at orientation he can find someone to marry. :D</p>
<p>The procedure for becoming a resident varies from state to state. (It is easier to establish residency in Texas than it is in Connecticut.)</p>
<p>“when your son applied to UConn, you KNEW he was out of state for tuition purposes and you knew the costs.”</p>
<p>Agreed. What your proposing, if it works, would be pretty unfair. I pay more than the cost of my son’s in-state tuition every year in taxes. Think about it, you’re suggesting getting the same benefits a taxpayer would.</p>
<p>As a Connecticut taxpayer, you’re pi$$ing me off. Ah, but now that I see you have only one post, you’re ■■■■■■■■ me off.</p>
<p>Fume and fuss as much as you want. I read that statute, and it’s riddled with all kinds of inconsistencies and crap, not to mention the blatant unconstitutionality of its “parent” definition. If there is a live father, that’s the “parent”, regardless of custody or support. Technically, it looks like a kid could live in Connecticut all of his life with his mother and not be treated as a resident for these purposes if his father lives elsewhere, especially if the father pays child support. (Other provisions might save him, but it wouldn’t be hard to construct a hypothetical where they wouldn’t.) I’ll bet that is enforced approximately never.</p>
<p>In some critical areas, the college registrar has a lot of discretion to determine whether a kid is a resident or not, including how to deal with someone who is independent but whose parents’ income is still taken into account for FAFSA purposes.</p>
<p>Some of what people have said looks like it might not be accurate based on the statute. Someone who is over 18 when he enters the state, and is not supported by his parents, might be able to claim residency in six months, as long as he was not a full-time student during that period. </p>
<p>And, as I said, marriage at any time to a Connecticut resident would do the trick. Given the financial benefits, it ought to be possible to pull that off! Maybe there could be some mutually beneficial deal, like marriage to an illegal alien Connecticut resident. Go for it!</p>
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<p>It would be the first domestic green card marriage in history! ;)</p>
<p>Marrying an illegal alien! You must be kidding! Gee, I think its illegal in all 50 states to enter into a sham marriage for the purpose of residency (for either the student or the proposed spouse). Unless you like to see ICE on your doorstep and your child in jail.</p>
<p>This question really irritates me. We are a military family that has lived in six different states. Our family has served this country for 20 years but as my husband is retiring this summer we get in-state tuition in one state, just like everyone else.</p>
<p>Please, can you explain to me why it is you feel that your family deserves this break? What has your family done that has benefited the people of Connecticut? Please, tell us why it is that the good tax payers of Connecticut should have the privledge of footing your out of state child’s tuition?</p>
<p>I think either the OP doesn’t like what he/she is getting for responses…or has simply bailed.</p>
<p>Love the previous post and fully agree. As a resident and taxpayer of CT, I DO wonder why this OP thinks his kid should get instate rates as an out of state resident. A lot of nerve, if you ask me.</p>