Do I need to report my own savings in FAFSA?

Keep the funds in mom’s account. It will ask specifically how much is in checking and savings accounts. Follow the prompts.

And FAFSA is only concerned with the parent you lived with for the majority of that year. So that is mom. Again, follow the prompts.

If you apply to schools that want the CSS from College Board completed that gets a little more complicated, but you can document there is no other parent involved.