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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1.  If the father refuse to fill the CSS, how universities can figure out the father's income and include such income in financial aid calculation?  I don't think CSS has a legal right to force the father fill the form

2. There is also a even worse situation. [b]The father report his income in CSS and refuse to pay his part later[/b], just for the purpose of revenge the mom because Mom received the court ordered child support for many years, can school agree the waiver next year?   
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OP here. This is what I'm worried about. Not that he's doing it out of revenge, necessarily, he just doesn't care to pay and doesn't care what the consequences are.[/quote]

And that's his prerogative.  But, it is also completely reasonable for schools to not ignore his income in calculating aid.  Otherwise, why wouldn't everyone say they just don't want to pay so that they can get more aid? [/quote]

No child would want to go through what my children have been through to save money. Yes, I think the burden of his high salary shouldn't be mine to fulfill and I should be evaluated based on my income, not his. I raise them. I think colleges should take our family's situation into account and I thought someone on this board might have been there, done that and have advice. Unfortunately "divorced" moms doing absolutely everything for their children without much assistance is not a rare event.[/quote]

Do you really not see how people couldn't game the system if the rule was, as long as one parent didn't want to pay for college, that parent's income wasn't counted?

Parents do not have to pay for their kid's colleges, even if they have the means.  That doesn't mean that those kid's can therefore qualify for aid as if their parent's income didn't exist.  That true whether parents are together or divorced.[/quote]

I really do see, thank you. [b]And I think they can overcome this by considering a student's specific situation.[/b] Thanks.[/quote]

NP. If you create a special category for specific situations, other families will jump through hoops to recreate that and save thousands of dollars. There’s no way you can’t see that. [/quote]

[b]Students are advised to first make a reasonable effort to gain support from their non-custodial parent. If this obstacle persists, students should make an appointment with a financial aid counselor. [/b]

The above is from Brown University's website. There's no way you can't see that.
What I am asking is if anyone has been in this situation, how it went, and if they have any tips. Have a great day![/quote]

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