2006-07 College Catalog - South Florida State College

5HWXUQWR6HFWLRQ0HQXIII.IV.purpose of maintaining a bona fide domicile, ratherthan for the purpose of maintaining a mere temporaryresidence or abode incident to enrollmentin an institution of higher education.C. If you are a dependent child living with an adultrelative other than your parent, you may qualify asa resident for tuition purposes if your adult relativeis a legal resident who has maintained legal residencein this state for at least 12 months immediatelyprior to your qualification, provided you haveresided continuously with such relative for the fiveyears immediately prior to your qualification, duringwhich time the adult relative has exercised dayto-daycare, supervision, and control over you.D. If you are a dependent child whose parents aredivorced, separated, or otherwise living apart, thelegal residence will be deemed to be this state ifeither parent is a resident of this state, regardlessof which parent is entitled to claim, and does infact claim, you as a dependent pursuant to federalindividual income tax provisions.You shall not be classified as a resident for tuitionpurposes and, thus, shall not be eligible to receivethe resident tuition rate until you have provided suchevidence related to legal residence and its durationas may be required by officials of the institution ofhigher education from which you seek the residenttuition rate.Your living or attending school in Florida is not tantamountto establishing a legal residence for tuitionpurposes. Maintaining a legal residence in Floridarequires substantial physical presence as a condition.You must live for the required 12-month qualifyingperiod to maintain a bona fide domicile rather thanfor the purpose of maintaining a mere temporary residenceor abode incident to enrollment in an institutionof higher education.V. You will be considered eligible to establish Floridaresidency for tuition purposes, if you are a non-U.S.citizen such as a permanent resident, parolee, asylum-seeker,refugee, or other permanent status person(e.g., conditional permanent residents and temporaryresidents), who has applied to and has beenapproved by the U.S. Immigration and NaturalizationService with no date certain for departure. For a list ofeligible Visa categories, contact the Admissions Office.A . You shall not be precluded from establishing ormaintaining legal residence in this state and subsequentlyqualifying or continuing to qualify as aresident for tuition purposes solely by reason ofVI.VII.marriage to a person domiciled outside this state,even when your spouse continues to be domiciledoutside of this state, provided you maintain yourlegal residence in this state.B. You shall not be deemed to have established ormaintained a legal residence in this state and subsequentlyto have qualified or continued to qualifyas a resident for tuition purposes solely by reasonof marriage to a person domiciled in this state.C. If you are married, making a determination of yourdomicile, irrespective of sex, will include the fact ofthe marriage and the place of domicile of yourspouse.If you are a non-resident person, who marries a legalresident of this state or marries a person who laterbecomes a legal resident, you may, upon becoming alegal resident of this state (and relinquishing all legalties to any other state), accede to the benefit of thespouse’s immediately precedent duration as a legalresident for purposes of satisfying the 12-month durationrequirement of this section.You shall not lose your resident status for tuition purposessolely by reason of serving, or, if you are a dependentchild, by reason of your parent’s or parents’serving, in the Armed Forces outside this state.VIII. If you have been properly classified as a resident fortuition purposes but, while enrolled in an institution ofhigher education in this state, you lose your residenttuition status because you (or if you are a dependentchild, your parent or parents) establish domicile orlegal residence elsewhere, you shall continue to enjoythe resident tuition rate for a statutory grace period,which period shall be measured from the date on whichthe circumstances arose that culminated in the lossof resident tuition status and shall continue for 12months. However, if the 12-month grace period endsduring an academic term for which you are enrolled,such grace period shall be extended to the end of thatacademic term.IX.If you cease to be enrolled at or graduate from aninstitution of higher education while classified as aresident for tuition purposes and subsequently abandonyour domicile in this state, you shall be permittedto re-enroll at an institution of higher education in thisstate as a resident for tuition purposes without thenecessity of meeting the 12-month duration requirementof this section if you have re-established yourdomicile in this state within 12 months of such abandonmentand continuously maintained the re-establisheddomicile during the period of enrollment.26