Inheritance windfall/High assets - LOW income

MattsMomFL
Sun, 18 May 2008 20:46:23 +0000

As to your daughter’s educational goals, are there any public institutions in FL that could give her the first couple of years of start in this field? The basics of graphical design and photography are probably not worth the cost of a private. I know where we live the local CC actually has a terrific media/graphics/communications program with state of the art facilities (compliments of a very large media conglomerate with a major production facility nearby). We had a tour (as we were in the building) and were quite impressed. My son will be attending there shortly, but his interests are not in that area.



Thanks - I’ll check around, and see what I can find out. She’s currently in an excellent program at her high school working on both the photography and graphic design tracks, and received a scholarship to Ringling this summer for precollege, which will give her a lot information in order to judge where any particular program would stand when she gets to that stage.

And, thanks for clarifying that inheritance really is not included as income on the FAFSA. I think any income the estate earns between the settlement and the date of death will be insignificant to our situation, but just my luck some bond will come through…