@BelknapPoint I was thinking federal taxes as that is what the schools will be wanting info about for financial aid purposes…
Yes @twoinanddone they can file a joint return. BUT if the dad is living and working in Illinois…seems to me that the federal income tax address would be his residence in Illinois…since he doesn’t plan to relocate to Alabama.
Maybe this doesn’t matter if they use the IRS DRT…but seems to me that the tax transcript has the place of residence on it…and if that is Illinois…that won’t support this student’s claim for residency in Alabama.
But maybe I’m missing something…
And anyway…the mom doesn’t even plan to move until the daughter finishes HS.
Really…wouldn’t this all be easier if the mom and daughter relocated now to Alabama…and the daughter did two years of HS there…and graduated from an Alabama HS? Then surely she would be an AL resident.
But maybe they aren’t totally positive this is going to happen. And it does sound like the relocation is so,the kiddo can attend college in Alabama.
Perhaps the OP can clarify why they are moving to Alabama.