Financial Aid and step parent income..

[swimcatsmom]

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If the step parent has children who reside elsewhere (with their mom for example) they cannot be listed on the FAFSA as members of the household…because they are not.

Actually they do not have to live in the household to be included as a member of household for FAFSA. If they would be a dependent of the parent for FAFSA they can be included . For instance my son was still a member of household on my daughter’s FAFSA her freshman year even though he was not living at home (not was he in college), because if he had been going to college (as he did the following year) he would have been our dependent for FAFSA. (though if they are living with the other parent then they would be that parent’s dependent for FAFSA so could not be included as a member of household for this student).</p>

<p>[Completing</a> the FAFSA 2010-2011/The Application Questions(59-79)](<a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/2010_2011/ques4.html]Completing”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/completing_fafsa/2010_2011/ques4.html)</p>

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73. Number in parents’ household. Enter the number of family members in your parents’ household.</p>

<p>The following persons are included in your parents’ household size:</p>

<pre><code>* You (the student), even if you do not live with your parents.

• Your parents (the ones whose information is reported on the FAFSA).

• Your parents’ other children, if your parents will provide more than half of their support from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 or if the other children could answer “No” to every question in Questions 46-58.

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