<p>my parents divorced in the 1990s… and my dad remarried in `98 and i’ve been living with him since.
i get the whole non-custodial parent issue with divorced parents, and how some schools demand the non-custodial parent fill out the css profile, but my biological mother is estranged, living in hong kong, and i have no idea how to contact her…
do i just tell the colleges that?</p>
<p>You can tell them. It may or may not help. Make sure you have some FAFSA only schools and/or schools that do not require the NCP info, just in case.</p>