Who Qualifies as a Parent for FAFSA Purposes?
The financial aid season officially kicked off on October 1 and many families are busy completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the CSS Profile. We will be running some of the most popular posts from our Financial Aid Forms Tips Series over the next few months to help families successfully navigate this process.
The FAFSA asks for the financial information of the student and their custodial parent(s). Watch the full video, by finance expert Shannon Vasconcelos, to find out whose information you need to include if your parents are divorced, separated, never married or share custody.
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