. PRICE

DANIEL

Bon. LlOJa cros1ia District **Attorney** Lubbock, Texas

Dear Sir: Re: The ellglbillty for “resident” re&atration fees at Tsxas Techaologlcal College of a 19 ear old native of iklahlmu who now lives la LubkuMk with his wife and child .’ Referdxe ia made reads in part as follows: to your recatit request which

is a male parson, 19 that Jerry L. Shelby em8 of **age,** mrried, “It is undlspul+ the father of one oh1 d an@livl 3 Y In Lubbock, Texas with his wits, **and** CM 8. Jerry ahelbj lw&+v

74 ilh my, 194 to Lubbock, Texas wit& hi8 wife

, for thq gurgc~se 

### or making WIbeak, Tbur hir bomb; &advlth 80 iatbntlvn opiaion HO. v-913



### tolls e at 80 hap lived in Lubbock, !f axa8 rith his i~lfs since l&q 1, 1948, and during that time a child war born to than, after which they continued to live in **Lubbnok,** Texas. Durlr&#the entire time that he Bndhis wife end ahild have lived here he kar **been** employed in the Clt]r of Lubbock, u&or full tlmb employBoat, and haa there~ madoa livW&W&wolf, hia rife and ohlld do*

At the t&no Je%‘ry8holbj oam to ‘pexaa, a& at 011 times sinae, he has mni**feeted br**  **eX~sss10t.~** aud **Wel ’** **t act8**  **that** Lubbock is his home oad place of pbrmnbnt realdeaob 8nd doa%alle. Ba ir nowam&ka hen dariu hla mWt.d Sir oblf, PPI wit@*

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Hon. Lloyd Croalin, page 2 (V-913)

“The wther and rather of Jerry Shelby **live in**  the State of Oklahon end are doM.- cued there. Qelthar contribute to the uupport OSJerry Shelby nor hia Sanlly.

‘Jarrf Shelby deriraa to aaroll la four Toohmolo o? 1949, *a a fi cal Collo#o la &#mbor

l ahwrr student,

and wia- taina that he has tha right and prirlla o oi reglatratioa au a student in this co% - loge upoa hi8 pylng the 

### 8rbaident8rb((i6- tratlon foe, and rlthout hwly to mf the 8aoa-reeidant I rogiatmtlon ire O” your quaatioa **iar** 

### OeAorthe facts aubmltted, ia thla atudrat **claaaifled a8**  **a** ao8-rasldeat atndont under Article 26540, Varnon’a Civil Statutea?

Artlole 26540, Veruonaa Civil St8tute8, IWOvldba in part aa follevs:

“(N) A nonroald~at otudmt la haroby dorUed to ba l atndoat of laaathan trm

### tpou’ (21) narlr **0r** 

### qe, lit
‘“f l w87 fror hi8 fa8il7 and vhbaefully ~08 de8 1~~ me&her St&o, or whoeo imilt baa not 190 aided In Tour for tha trelvo (12) w&ha lmedIate17 prooedlw the date oi ragiatr8t1oai . . .

**“ (b)**  The **term** ‘rorldomob’ eI) u0.d l8 thla Aot maan8 ‘do8IoIlm’; a . 0” 

### It 10 at8ted In 31 Toxaa duriap‘udeaoo 1319, ?aroat md Child, ko. 47 thats

“Thou@ there la ILO statute 80 @Ovidlag, the rrriage of a daor a08 ala0 

### owacipmtea him, 

### for the 18~ l~posba u~@aa huatind the dutt of rupportla(: hla wife ud fd.l~,

l d for l

uah muqma~ r&l hia 

### 6ma-

‘“F 8r0 pivrll~ to be dbrotod. ThO 800'8 O?J l@lon ia

l uuh l aaaa IS to hlr own fu117, rather than to hla paro~ta. 1

‘Parenta ry and frequent17 do coa8oRt to the l

waol~tlo8 of ohIldm8 2 EM&ad waoqh to ww for thmwlvea. - tioa to ommclpate nerd not be bX)FO8@@&Ben. **LloJa** Croalla, pegs 3 (V-913)

be InfelmM rrQ8 fib@**aomaet et**  **the aad**  **the** 

### aucrowdIu8 **olrctuatan4ms. “Where** **there** hau boon a oo8pbte emnclmtioa **or a**  **renuac%aticbn** of parmtal rights, 

### a minor child ooeupier the mme relatlo8 **to the**  **parents a6**  if iw b8d arrIv8d **at** full 41;e.” Also in 23 Texas Jurl~~~~doncs 14, HuubmaaI 8~4 Wife, Sbc. 4, it is stated that:

"The 

### family group had its origin ulth the **iirat pair.**  In legal oonte~atlon 'fatil7' is not alva7u e7noll~1oue with 'lutuEa~Q**end** wife, ' wt It we ummU7 I8 00. In the sare volume at #a&a 18 we ilad the foo3- ICOMig: “Wehave just so8n t&t the husbmd, as head of tlq faUl7, ry eeleat bha hril7 dap,iaL;La. **Ia** mmberg., **Caailieb or**  **lmw, ~.44-45,**  we **tik iollow** **ita&**

**af** a “It **is** frr **txoW;tt****rUCb*l** Mwt **aa** amacigSmd chid PY aappti~q a @ul@U

4 3 aopwat8 

### fro8 that 0 I%*grcw*r. . . It muld imemthat in 

### an7 oase in rdsiah a child is 'on his ona' and independent of his parenta, he should be able to 

### ac**quire a**  domloil o? his own, perticularl7 if he has attained 7ears of discretion. SO, It ha8 rlso laoen held that a child upn hui wrria~. suWlrFeatl7 

### pnasra frcr parental control **to pWWt**  **aoquisl** t&m of a separate, **dolalcll,** although there 

### we earea, to t&e ooatrary. a ." Although the gmeral rule is that the dorioila minor is that of h.ia parents, we belleve such rule l& Plot applicable to the iaetaat ease. bra we have a mamied **m&nor**who has a full7 of hlr own **md** vho hamLJ him omn8ate tenlrrated the feril7 relatlowhip with h&e $Watite, and he h&s been living with his ova **fati il**  Texas for more than twelve moaths.- .

Eon. Lloyd Crosl1a, mge 4 (v-913)

Since the minor In question has acquired e family of' his own, It 1s our o~lalon that under the facts preaeated such minor 18 not to **be** claerifled 

### act a nouresldent of the State o? Texas wlthln the n8ning of said Article.

**A** minor who Is rrrried and ha8 been living in Texas with his wife aad non for the past twelve monthe, aad whose parent6 are residents OSOklahomm, is not to be clssslfled as a nonresident within the meama:~eof Article 26540, Ver~on'm Civil

. Yours very truly,

ATTORNEX

OENBRAL

OFTEXAS

BA:bh:mw **m Amslrtrnt** 



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