If the school required the financial aid forms for the merit award, m bet is the kid and mom would know that already.
But it’s all beside the point.
This OP says…he has no income (but he does have a business…and that WILL be valued for profile purposes). He has a wife and other kids to support as well.
It doesn’t sound like his 529 contributions will fund this college. If that were the case, there would be no issue. Oh…and a parent owned 529 will need to be listed as an asset in the Profile.
You can’t draw blood from a turnip.
Having said all that…I don’t think we have enough or all of the information to completely help this poster. He needs to see a lawyer is probably the best we can offer up.
In divorce situations…there is the wife’s story, the husband’s story…and then the true story. Right now, we are hearing one side to this saga.