<p>Hopefully, you have read the requirements that the UCs and each UC has for residency purposes. However, more important is how these requirements are enforced at each school. Work with the office of each such school, and make sure your things are in order. Thumper is pointing out some important things to remember when one is applying for instate tuition. Still, my experience, limited and not in California, has seen a lot of kids of divorced parents permitted to get in state status. It just isn’t a sure thing and things change even if they were. Make sure you have some other alternatives in place just in case. UC acceptance is not easy even for CA residents and are not safety schools.</p>