§ 68076 Dependent Student Residency Exception

• •If you're a student who hasn't lived in California as an adult for more than a year, you can still pay in-state tuition if your parent has lived in California for over a year.
• •This also applies if your parent has been paying court-ordered support for you for at least a year and lives in California.
• •You keep this benefit until you've lived in California long enough to be a resident, as long as you stay in school without long breaks.

A student moves to California to go to college, but they haven't lived there as an adult for more than a year. Their mom has lived in California for two years and has been paying child support.

The student can pay in-state tuition because their mom meets the requirements, even though the student hasn't lived in California long enough yet.