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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dh has 2 older children from a previous marriage.  The oldest is a jr in college now and will hopefully be going back for the spring semester.  For the past 10 years, DH has always gotten a bonus check in Dec.  This year, the check was significantly less.  For the past 2 years, we have used that check to pay for college.  The kid is at an in state school, so the tuition is not overwhelming, but it is more than we can write a check for in the next month.

DH has always told the kid and the ex-wife that he would pay for college as long as he could.  For the spring semester, he just doesn't have it.  So we came up with the idea that the child could get a student loan for the spring.  DH and I will tighten the budget and hopefully be able to come up with a good portion of the fall tuition.  To get a student loan though, the FAFSA needs to be filled out.  Ex wife is pissed and won't do it.  DH has always allowed her to claim their children on her taxes.  So they are not shown as dependents on our taxes.  If she won't fill out the FAFSA, can we do it, even though on our taxes the older kids are not shown as a dependents?

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Who claims the kids isn't relevant when it comes to the FAFSA.  However, it is required that the parent who has custody be the one to provide their info.  I'm sure people lie to get around this all the time but it's supposed to be the custodial parent.

One thing you haven't mentioned is a court order.  What does the court order say for college costs?  Is BM required to pay anything?  Does it say anything about splitting costs AFTER all federal loan options are exhausted?  If so, she would be required to fill out the FAFSA in order to comply with that CO.

The FAFSA only gets you the Expected Family Contribution which is then used to generate how much the government will be SO generous as to loan your child in a combination of subsidized and unsubsidized loans.  Those loans will be in your child's name.  From your later posts, it looks like you said you all were planning on paying whatever loan back it is that you all were planning on getting.  If that's the case, again, I would forego the FAFSA and the federal loans and just go the parent plus route.[/quote

OP here-- the court order ended when the child turned 18.  There is no mention of college is the child support agreement.  But BM makes very little money so there is no way she can financially contribute to college.

I'm confused about the federal vs state deadlines.  I thought the federal deadline was for federal funds such as Pell and Stafford loans and the state deadline was for any state programs.  Am I incorrect?  We want the Stafford loans which I thought followed the federal deadlines.  What do students who start in the spring semester do?

I've been looking into the Plus loan as well.  That maybe the route we take.[/quote]

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