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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister in law does not deduct her child from her taxes so his child files as independent (he’s 18 and lives at home but is going to college next year) and thus will apply for financial aid as financially independent.  How does this work?  Her DH is a CPA so I’m sure they are following a legal process, but I thought it was more involved and harder to declare?[/quote]
Is the DH this kid’s father? I can see this working if DH is the stepfather, the child’s father is low income, and the child “lives with” his father on paper. Especially if the mother and stepfather aren’t legally married, or file separately, or the house is titled in his name, so that mom’s income and assets are also low. It’s also not that hard for me to imagine a CPA stepfather pulling all that to avoid paying college tuition for another man’s child.

In the documentary “Try Harder!” there was a kid like that, though he appeared to actually be living with his low-income father. [/quote]

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