… active duty service of 90 days or more. A spouse or child using benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (provides Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to the children and surviving spouses of service members who died in the … intent to establish residency in California and financial independence is on the student (EC 68041). Legal Status that permits the establishment of domicile in the United States. Essentially, the student must be a US Citizen, Permanent … To establish or change a residence, a person capable of establishing residence must couple their physical presence with objective evidence that the physical presence is with intent to make California the home for other than a temporary …