CSS and Legal Guardianship

twoinanddone
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:59:12 +0000

Was he a ‘ward of the state’ at sometime after age 13? That’s the standard for FAFSA. It’s not just a guardianship ordered/approved by the state but that the actual legal custody had transferred to the state at some point.

As noted above, schools can do anything they want with their own money and if they want information from the guardian, they can ask for it. However, I wouldn’t give up so easily. I’d make sure they know the legal status of the student and provide all the documents they want. I’d definitely argue that OP is the guardian only and not a parent or adoptive parent. Does the grandson have medicaid (most children in state custody do)? Is there state supervision of the guardianship (case worker, Guardian ad litem?)