But an uncooperative non-custodial parent is no different than an uncooperative custodial parent, at least as far as the student is concerned. Why should a student with a non-custodial parent (and really, we’re talking about adults who are not really in a custodial situation anymore) who won’t cooperate receive more aid than one whose parents will not pay for college? Students in either situation just need money for college.
In fact, the student with the non-custodial parent who refuses to fill out forms is in a better place than the one in the custodial situation. The ‘NCP’ kid can go to a FAFSA only school and get aid based just on one parent. The kid who lives in a home where the parents are ‘done’ will have very limited aid options if the parents won’t cooperate at all, or if they make a lot of money and just won’t share.