Guardianship over Age 18

[thumper1]

I have lega custody and this past year they were eligible for their FASFA based on my income However, they did not live with me. Their grandmother said she was told by the FASFA office that she would need to get a guardianship form on my kids in order to be able to file their FASFA next year under her household and income

1. If you are the legal custodial parent of these kids, YOUR information must be included on the FAFSA, regardless of where they live.
2. "They were eligible for FAFSA based on my income" what do you mean? Anyone can complete a FAFSA. It's a financial aid application form. The FAFSA itself gives out NO money.

Do you mean your kids were eligible for a Pell Grant, or part of it, based on your income?

1. Your kids can NOT use their grandmother's financial information on their FAFSA at all unless she adopted them...and you gave up all parental rights. If grandma was the legal guardian, your kids would not put any parent financial info on the FAFSA. But that would have needed to happen prior to age 18.

I think grandmother misunderstood what the FAFSA folks told her. Or,she asked the wrong question.

1. You say your kids filed their FAFSA forms with your information last year. From what you have written here, they would still need to do so for the upcoming school year.
2. And lastly, the 2017-2018 FAFSA will use your income from the 2015 tax year. Did you know that? Same as for the 2016-2017 FAFSA. So, you will use your 2015 tax return to complete the 2017-2018 FAFSA.

Which FAFSA are you concerned about? The 2016-2017 FAFSA should have already been completed for your two kids.

The 2017-2018 FAFSA will need to be done for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Same income info for 2017-2018 FAFSA…so if they qualified for a Pell in 2016-2017, they should also for 2017-2018. Unless you have huge assets to report!!