FAFSA - - Ex-Spouse Pushing to Have My Infomation On Form Instead of His - Fishy?

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If the child is considering a FAFSA only school, and there is still time to modify the custody arrangement, and if your income is low enough that the child’s EFC might be zero if he/she applied using your income, then it might be worth modifying the custody , even if that means the spouse must start paying you some child support.

Even though you are no longer married to each other, please remember that you both have the same common goal - to put the children’s needs first.

Your spouse doesn’t need your tax returns to do this, but please be open to providing some of the requested information - too often divorced parents bring so much animosity and guard to any discussion - not without reason - but they might sometimes forget their children are also the ones harmed.

If the parents can agree that the kid will start spending more time with mom so that mom can qualify as the custodial parent for FAFSA purposes, and if dad agrees to make a financial contribution to mom to offset her increased expenses if the kid starts spending more time with her, there is no reason to formally modify the custody agreement. Just agree what needs to be done and do it. Likewise, there is no reason for either parent to share financial information with the other parent. The FAFSA custodial parent completes the FAFSA using only his or her information.