From vwheeler@bcc.ctc.edu Fri Dec 4 11:36:09 1998 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id LAA13796 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:36:08 -0800 Received: from cascade.bcc.ctc.edu (cascade.bcc.ctc.edu [168.156.32.120]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id LAA16613 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:36:07 -0800 Received: by cascade.bcc.ctc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:36:10 -0800 Message-ID: From: Vicki Wheeler To: "'residency@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: Dependent on sister Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:36:09 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Virjean, we recently had a situation whereby a student over the age of 18 attempted to have his uncle named as his legal guardian. We referred the student to an attorney who had successfully accomplished this last year for another "over 18" student. The attorney quoted a price of $400. This last time he was unsuccessful, however, because there is a clause that allows such guardianship only if the student is an "incapacitated person". When I asked how he was able to accomplish it last year, he said it had gone before a different commissioner. We no longer recommend this option to students over the age of 18. > ---------- > From: Virjean Edwards[SMTP:vedwards@u.washington.edu] > Reply To: residency@u.washington.edu > Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:59 AM > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > Subject: Re: Dependent on sister > > Annette, > > I have heard it is expensive and that you have to be 18 and under. Did > they mention anything about that? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Virjean H. Edwards University of Washington > Assistant Registrar Office of the Registrar > Residency Officer 264 Schmitz Hall, Box 355850 > (206)543-3290 Seattle WA 98195-5850 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Annette Hayward wrote: > > > I recently had a situation where a dependent student moved from Calif. > to Wash. to > > live with her aunt. The aunt obtained a legal guardianship through the > court, > > even though the student is 20 years old, and I was then able to grant > the student > > resident status. This legal process did not seem to be burdensome for > aunt or the > > student, and it did not take a long time. > > > > Joseph M. St.Hilaire wrote: > > > > > ***Vicki: Let us be confused together then! If our chair, Virjean, > is > > > listening, she may want to put this case on the agenda of our upcoming > > > training session. Meanwhile, I will run it by our assistant attorney > > > general for an opinion and I'll shoot that out to you as well. Stay > > > tuned. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Vicki Wheeler wrote: > > > > > > > Joe, these questions tend to confuse me because I have been under > the > > > > impression that a student, to be considered "dependent", must be > claimed for > > > > income tax purposes by either parents or legal guardians. Yet some > > > > responses to similar questions in the recent past suggest that a > dependent > > > > student does not necessarily need to be claimed on parents' tax > return to be > > > > considered dependent. What about an adult sibling? > > > > > > > > I have encountered situations similar to this one in the past and > have > > > > denied residency. If there are other options available, I'm > interested. > > > > > > > > Vicki Wheeler > > > > BCC > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > From: Joseph M. St.Hilaire[SMTP:saint@admsec.wwu.edu] > > > > > Reply To: residency@u.washington.edu > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 4:34 PM > > > > > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > > > > > Subject: Dependent on sister > > > > > > > > > > Have we discussed this one before? It sounds familiar: > > > > > > > > > > High school student whose parents have lived in India her entire > life. > > > > > She has two older siblings who have come over here to attend > college, but > > > > > both of them went to private colleges. Older sister has lived in > Seattle > > > > > several years and she has lived with older sister since June and > is now a > > > > > high school senior. Older sister has power of attorney but of > course > > > > > cannot claim her on her taxes, even though she has been little > sister's > > > > > sole means of support. Parents back in India have never been > attached to > > > > > Washington; don't have any US state driver's license, etc. Little > sister > > > > > works part-time, has earned more than $2,000 since June. > > > > > > > > > > Any chance of gaining residency by Fall 99? > > > > > > > > > > Joe St.Hilaire > > > > > Western > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .