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Deadly Ernest
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Date Posted: 05:33:05 03/03/10 Wed
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>>The impression I got from the section on this was NOT
>>that his income would be taken into account, but that
>>they ask for it to be listed and he doesn't want to
>>let anyone know what his income is. If the form is
>>such they won't accept it without his income being on
>>it, then she has an issue with him refusing to
>>disclose it.
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>I know at the University I worked at, if a parent
>wouldn't declare their income, the student was regard
>as 'abandoned -- but not verifiable' so it can get a
>bit sticky. However, the University usually tried to
>come down on the students side if possible -- maybe
>that's different in the US though.
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>>As to being emancipated, many people would see that
>>option as a rejection of their family and heritage and
>>not see it as a viable option - this is a very emotive
>>action regardless of the situation.
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>Since she has to be 18 to work in a brothel,
>emancipation would gain her nothing anyway - legally I
>think she;d already be classed as an adult by most
>colleges and universities. I know positively that she
>would be classed as an adult here in Canada.
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>>Anyway, Patty has worked out an option and is
>>following it through.
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>>Ernest
G'day,
I'm not all that familiar with the US college system, but have done a heck of a lot of research on them for some stories I've written or in the process of writing. A couple of things I did find out is the laws affecting the students vary from state to state and even college to college - what you can do as a student at a private college is not the same as a student at a state college.
The financial support stuff also varies. A lot of this stuff is so complex that I deliberately avoid it in my stories, I did the research as I had a couple of sub-plots I was going to develop around the finance issues, but dropped them after seeing how mixed up and varied they were.
Another odd aspect about the US is that some states do NOT regard you as an adult until twenty-one years of age, thus there could be some slight advantages from being emancipated, but for an eighteen year old, I doubt they'd be all that many. Along that lines, being seen as an independent adult or semi-adult could also have an adverse affect on the college financial situation as they don't treat independent adults the same as dependent children.
Either way, it's a very complex situation and I'm just happy to go with the flow of the story.
Ernest
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