<p>MusicMom - if you will have lower income in 2008 because of loss of income (the child support) you can ask for a special circumstances adjustment to reflect this.</p>
<p>You file FAFSA. Then you contact the school and ask for the adjustment. You have to provide supporting documentation then, if it is approved, the finaid officer goes into your FAFSA and adjusts the AGI.</p>
<p>We did this last year (for large medical expenses and loss of income) and it made a couple of thousand difference to my Ds EFC.</p>
<p>Here is more detailed information
[FinAid</a> | Professional Judgment | Special Circumstances](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org/educators/pj/specialcircumstances.phtml]FinAid”>http://www.finaid.org/educators/pj/specialcircumstances.phtml)</p>