<p>The OP will qualify for instate residency if she moves in with her father prior to turning 18 (and he meets residency requirements).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/ogc/documents/uc-residence-policy.pdf</a></p>
<p>Permanent Separation or Divorce of Parents
If a minor student’s parents are separated or divorced, the residence of the parent with whom the minor maintains his principal place of abode will be considered the residence of the minor.</p>
<p>The principal place of abode is typically the residence of the parent with whom the student spends the majority of his time. Thus, the principal place of abode for a student who spends the school year with one parent and summers with the other would be the home of the parent with whom the student lives during the school year.</p>
<p>A minor student will derive residence through a California-resident parent only if s/he begins living with the California parent prior to attaining majority (18th birthday). In this case, the student is not required to fulfill the 366-day physical presence requirement; however, the California parent must satisfy the University’s requirements for residence for tuition purposes. The burden is on the student to provide clear and convincing
evidence that s/he actually changed their domicile to their California resident parent’s home prior to the student’s 18th birthday. The parent has the burden of providing clear and convincing evidence that California has been their primary home for 366 days and that s/he has severed ties to his former out-of-state home.</p>