Second home in Colorado, how hard to qualify for in state tuition?

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

I hear what you are saying but it’s pretty close to black and white. Nothing you have said indicates you currently consider CO your primary residence. If you want to try and establish domicile there right now and satisfy the one year requirement maybe that will work.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

no, it does not. Speaking as a long-time Colorado taxpayer, we really don't care about you owning a vacation home in Telluride that would be much better used by an actual member of the community.

Yes and the student would be working + living in Telluride in the summer, including prior to freshman year. Paying taxes as a member of the community. I left home for college and never returned to my hometown even for a year. I married and started a family here. As others mentioned, we will apply and let the university decide.

If you check the “domicile in Colorado” box you’ll be at risk of fraud accusations.

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Anonymous wrote:You are clearly not domiciled there now. It’s not really clear to me if you are asking can you lie about your domicile or of you change your domicile now can you get in state.

Sounds it’s the first one which is basically a version of cheating on your taxes— are the kind of person who wants to do that and is just asking what the chances of getting away with it are?

I think OP’s idea is that she can establish domicile immediately upon her child being accepted to Boulder, but somehow claim that it was not for the purposes of in-state tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

Ding ding.

The difference in price between IS and OOS at Boulder is about 26k per year. If OP owns a house in this area and a house in Telluride this is honestly not even a hardship. They are just cheap and have no ethics so happy to commit a little fraud in order to save a buck. Pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

Ding ding.

The difference in price between IS and OOS at Boulder is about 26k per year. If OP owns a house in this area and a house in Telluride this is honestly not even a hardship. They are just cheap and have no ethics so happy to commit a little fraud in order to save a buck. Pathetic.

Rich people are honestly the worst. So cheap.

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Colorado has to be your primary residence. You need to abandon your current state of residence and take up new residence in Colorado. This is what is required for domicile- usually, with college tuition you need to prove domicile for 12 months prior to qualifying for in-state.
Domicile means selling your current primary residence or converting it to a second property while converting your Colorado residence to your primary. Voting, driver's license, and general life (library, gym membership, health care, etc.) will need to be Colorado. Sometimes you can be domiciled in one state while spending the majority of time in another (which complicates your taxes)- but you need to prove that Colorado is your home.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

Ding ding.

The difference in price between IS and OOS at Boulder is about 26k per year. If OP owns a house in this area and a house in Telluride this is honestly not even a hardship. They are just cheap and have no ethics so happy to commit a little fraud in order to save a buck. Pathetic.

And it seems that this may only apply to 2 years by the time they meet the requirement (it's unclear to me the kid can start the clock immediately June of the year they graduate, before having started at the school they were accepted to as an OOS student 3 months earlier.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

So why aren’t you there NOW? The sole reason for you to move there when you do is to establish residency for in state tuition. And you still have not explained why you are so freakin’ cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

So why aren’t you there NOW? The sole reason for you to move there when you do is to establish residency for in state tuition. And you still have not explained why you are so freakin’ cheap.

+1 OP is either obtuse or a troll. Let them get in trouble and pay an attorney more than they would have paid in out of state tuition if they try to bend the truth to fit the law. They know they are pushing it or they wouldn’t be asking.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

Great. After kid graduates, move to Telluride, do all the things you need to do to establish legitimate residence status, and then apply for in-state tuition as an actual resident.

And stop saying your child wouldn’t be returning “home” after school. It’s a tell.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

So why aren’t you there NOW? The sole reason for you to move there when you do is to establish residency for in state tuition. And you still have not explained why you are so freakin’ cheap.

+1 OP is either obtuse or a troll. Let them get in trouble and pay an attorney more than they would have paid in out of state tuition if they try to bend the truth to fit the law. They know they are pushing it or they wouldn’t be asking.

I’ve learned this in DCPS discussions: there are people who adamantly believe that owning a home and paying property taxes gives them the moral right to all benefits in that jurisdiction.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Establish domicile at least a year prior to applying. Schools are very stingy about re-classifying from out-of-state to in-state, and they hold all the cards. You turn in your form, they say no, you have three more years paying full freight. Colorado doesn't buy retirees, a state like South Carolina would make the deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it's not worth the trouble for the cost, for someone who has a second home in Telluride.

If you don't sever ties with your current state, that may be an issue. Would you sell your current home?

No we wouldn't. I guess I just don't see the big drawback, if we are retired at this point, to changing our primary residence and we would already be living about half the year in each state. Since we have owned the home for so long, a lot of the proof of domicile is already available (proof of address, utilities).

You’ll probably want to move before attending:

No person may establish domicile in Colorado solely for the purpose of changing a student's classification for tuition purposes from nonresident to resident.

Absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that a student classified as a nonresident at the time of matriculation who seeks to establish Colorado domicile while registered at CU seeks Colorado domicile solely for tuition purposes, which is an unlawful purpose [Colorado Revised Statutes § 23-7-101-103(2)(e)].

I see your point but it's case by case and I think owning a home for over a decade in the state holds quite a bit of weight. It's a lot different situation than just living in the dorm and then renting and trying to claim your rental residence as your primary home.

No it’s not actually different. Your domicile is where you live now not Colorado. Owning a vacation home doesn’t buy you in state tuition.

We are retired and plan to live half the year there. Tuition would be applied for after the first year. We always have planned to retire there, that’s why we have owned the home there for 10 years. House was not purchased with intent for in state tuition. We are not employed in current state. Child just decided to attend college there and chances they will stay there after is greater than any chance of returning to home stars. We will live in this state more than our current one. It’s not a black or white situation and it’s not fraud.

Lol OP. It actually is black and white: you are not domiciled in Colorado now, and the sole purpose of you establishing domicile would be to obtain in-state tuition. Because we all know that if you kid gets rejected from Boulder but accepted to UVA, you’ll be claiming Virginia domicile.

No, the sole purpose wouldn’t be. We are retiring there and have always planned to (why we bought a house ten years ago) and why we retired early so we wouldn’t have to be tied to this area.

Kid didn’t even apply to UVA. Applied to Colorado College, Boulder, Denver and Mines.

So why aren’t you there NOW? The sole reason for you to move there when you do is to establish residency for in state tuition. And you still have not explained why you are so freakin’ cheap.

Because we have a child in HS. But their admission into a state school in college is not the reason why. If they ended CC we would still move there.