need FAFSA link

_rentof2
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:44:42 +0000

Can anyone provide me a link to an official FAFSA/gov’t website where it specifically says it does not matter which parent (in a divorce situation) claims the student as a dependent on their taxes with regard to who should be supplying the custodial parent information?

I have a situation with a dad who has been supplying the custodial parent income and asset information (he supplies most of the student’s support), and a mom who wants to claim the child as a deduction on her taxes this year (she has this right under the divorce agreement). The dad, her ex-husband, will not accept that she can claim the student on her taxes if he is supplying the FAFSA information.

I looked for a link on the FAFSA website, and found something close that pertains to household size, but not that addresses directly this issue.

Thanks a lot.