CA tax on graduate student abroad

[mm139]

In 2024, full time graduate student in the UK.  Summer job in Seattle.  Parents address in CA.  They do not claim as a dependent.   Do I have to pay CA income taxes? 

[Hal_Al]

Yes.  Being a student is only a temporary absence from your previous home until you establish a new permanent residence somewhere else.  Still being a dependent makes that position stronger, but being a dependent is not a necessity.