<p>What your accountant is thinking is that for tax purposes, many things are taken into consideration. But one of the most important is where HE considers himself a resident. If he is in TX to go to school, but his intent is to eventually return home or move somewhere else, then he is not a TX resident. Look at it this way: if you lived in TX and he were going to school in CA and working there temporarily, would he even be considering declaring CA residency?</p>
<p>Technically he is a resident of the state in which you live until he is no longer dependent on you. You can definitely argue otherwise and probably convince almost anybody, but that’s probably not the way your state would view it.</p>
<p>jym26: My 15 year old fx’d his femur hiking on Kauai last summer. He too has a long titanium rod and screws. We were told that he should just leave the rod and screws intact unless they are causing any pain or problem and that happens in about 25% of the cases after 2 years. S says he can feel the screw at his hip when he sleeps on that side. Solution. He sleeps on the other side. Is your son growing at all any more? Our S had a slight limp and it turned out he had a 1/4 inch leg length discrepency. Since he is still growing, the docs think the legs will even out, but he wears a lift inside one shoe to prevent back pain!</p>
<p>Hi bluecroo.
I remember that story about your son and getting him out of the hiking area! MY s has now jsut turned 21,so I don’t expect much additional growth. He is still workig to get mor rotation in his hip. He will see if that improves. If not, he may get the screws out. Ouch!</p>