Sec. 10a-28. (Formerly Sec. 10-329d). Definitions.
Sec. 10a-28. (Formerly Sec. 10-329d). Definitions. For the purposes of this part:
(1) "Institution" means a constituent unit in the state system of higher education;
(2) "Residence" or "reside" denotes continuous and permanent physical presence
within this state, provided temporary absence for short periods of time shall not affect
the establishment of a residence;
(3) "Domicile" denotes a person's true, fixed and permanent home and place of
habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain, and to which he expects to return
when he leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere;
(4) "Emancipated person" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen
years, and whose parents have entirely surrendered the right to the care, custody and
earnings of such person and who no longer are under any legal obligation to support or
maintain such person. If any of the aforesaid tests are not met, such person shall be
deemed an "unemancipated person";
(5) "Parent" means a person's father; or if he has no father, his mother; or if one
parent has custody of an unemancipated person, the parent having custody; or if there
is a guardian or legal custodian of an unemancipated person, then such guardian or legal
custodian, provided there are no circumstances indicating that such guardianship or
custodianship was created primarily for the purpose of conferring the status of an in-state student on such unemancipated person;
(6) Attendance at a school or schools in this state shall be deemed "continuous" if
the person claiming continuous attendance has been enrolled at a school or schools in
this state as a full-time student, as such term is defined in section 10a-26.
(P.A. 73-474, S. 2, 9.)
History: Sec. 10-329d transferred to Sec. 10a-28 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system.