From saint@admsec.wwu.edu Wed Mar 19 10:43:15 1997 Received: from mx2.u.washington.edu (mx2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id KAA42618 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:43:14 -0800 Received: from admsec.wwu.edu (gaea.admsec.wwu.edu [140.160.249.20]) by mx2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id KAA26748 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:43:12 -0800 Received: by gaea.admsec.wwu.edu id <17300>; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:42:20 -0800 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:42:59 -0800 From: "Joseph M. St.Hilaire" To: residency@u.washington.edu cc: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: Re: Military&Exceptions In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970319180837.0068a22c@mail.wsu.edu> Message-Id: <97Mar19.104220pst.17300@gaea.admsec.wwu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ***Now that you mention your case, Elaine, I can relate a similar one I had last week: a young woman who has lived in Washington with her aunt and uncle due to her out-of-state parents' abandonment (father disappeared several years ago; mother on drugs, drifting from one live-in situation to another, aunt and uncle unable to contact her). This one is more clear-cut--aunt and uncle can rightfully claim her even though they're not legal guardians. I don't think the law allows both parties to claim a dependent in the same year, as they are suggesting to you. I would ask to see both tax returns. Joe On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Elaine Voss wrote: > I have had a different type of abusive situation. I had a call from a women > whose brother came to live with her because of an abusive home. The parents > live in Montana and because he lived with them half the year and with the > sister half the year, she contends they can both claim him on 1996 tax > returns. Is this accurate? The sister has temporary custody and the mother > refuses to relinquish legal custody. > > The young man will graduate from a WA high school this spring and wants to > attend WSU this fall. The law clearly says a dependent student's residency > is based on the "parent or legal guardian's residency", but it seems harsh > to punish the student for his parent's behavior and decisions. > > > > On the military situations, we require the same information as Virjean and > Joseph. The problems we have are the active duty military where the person > is stationed in Oregon, but live in Washington. We deny their residency > because their official orders state Oregon as their base, but they really > scream and we get phone calls from commanding officers complaining. It > would appear that there is a lack of consistency state-wide on this one. At > least we are told that other state schools allow residency in this situation. > > Are there plans for a meeting of residency officers this spring? I know you > all met last spring, but did not know how often those meetings take place. > I would love the opportunity, since I am relatively new. > > At 03:18 PM 3/17/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi All-- > > > >I would like some input on two separate issues. > > > >l. Have any of you made an exception in a case similiar to this. A woman > >called last week to say she has to leave an abusive situation in Alaska > >and is moving to Washington in July since she has friends here. She is an > >student with a lot of loans so she cannot stop going to school. She has 4 > >children. She has been admitted to the UW and is wondering if exceptions > >are made in cases where a person is 'forced' to move out of state and > >relocate. > > > >We have had this type of request twice before since I have been doing > >residency and exceptions were not made. I just want to make sure we are > >all doing the same thing regarding these requests. > > > >2. We have recently received a lot of applications from military living > >out of Washington who claim they are Washington residents so their > >son/daughter can get residency. We require home of record plus 2-3 other > >ties with the state of Washington. Those 2 or 3 others could be any of > >the following: bank account, property, driver's license, vehicle > >registraton, voter's registration, or other licensing, e.g. professional > >or business. > > > >We get so many complaints about this, I just want to make sure once again > >that we are all handling it the same way. We still get military thinking > >that home of record is good enough, nothing else required. > > > >Thank you!! > > > >Virjean H. Edwards > >Assistant Registrar > >Residency Officerd > > > > > > > Elaine Voss > Office of Student Affairs > 360 Lighty Student Services Building > Pullman, WA 99164-1066 > 509-335-1464 > 509-335-1208 FAX > email vosse@wsu.edu > .