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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, the rules might change by the time you are in college.

I’ve been looking into this because I’m dating a divorced dad.

Apparently some schools, like some but not all state schools, use only the FAFSA, which only requires the custodial parent so since you don’t split custody you should only have to put down yours and your kids might get some decent aid.

It sounds like most private colleges and many public schools also require css or css type info, which does count both parents’ income regardless of custody. What state do you live in?

Basically, yes, your kid could get totally screwed if your ex makes 200k per year and refuses to help pay.

(I’m trying to figure out how stepparents income and assets get counted, if at all, if anyone knows. My concern is whether my income and assets could cause my boyfriends kids to get less aid if we marry. His ex makes less so even though they have fifty fifty I wonder if shifty to forty sixty with her having sixty the last year or two of high school could mean they get more aid.)[/quote]

OP here. Thanks for responding. Yeah I think what you propose in terms of shifting the custody slightly towards his ex would be beneficial, as far as I have seen. I know step-parent's info is included if the custodial parent remarries, but I am not sure about the noncustodial parent. Best of luck.[/quote]

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