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[quote=Anonymous]"My husband never gave his financial information to the colleges for his kids. The kids demanded he send it to them and he said no, I'll send it to the school, provide me the information and they never did. So, his wasn't used. (he also was willing to help pay for college but insisted on paying the school directly vs. the kids or ex-wife)"

Are you arguing that your husband was "in the right" to not provide this information? I literally just sent a note to my ex yesterday asking for this so that we can do the online cost calculators for each college our kid is interested in applying to. We need that info to determine if it's even worth the time and fee to apply.

And for FAFSA, the school doesn't get ask for the money info, the federal government asks. If the dad provides more of the child's support, it's his responsibility to fill out the FAFSA with his financial info. That's the requirement. The parents have to talk and determine which one is supposed to fill out the form. If you don't fill it out but you're supposed to, you're screwing your kids. If you lie and claim you're not the parent who should fill it out, that's fraud. For CSS, he needed to provide the info (on both his own finances as well as yours!) regardless of whether he or his ex wife contributed more money to the children. I'm struggling to see how he was justified in refusing to do any of this.

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