Noncustodial Parent on CSS Profile

thumper1
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:32:29 +0000

If you put your grandmother as your noncustodial parent on the CSS Profile even though you live with your mother and siblings do you have to explain that in the Explanations/Special Circumstances part? I’m using my grandmother’s income for the FAFSA and the CSS Profile and I’m claimed on her tax forms.



As others have noted…you use your MOTHER as your custodial parent on the FAFSA AND on the PROFILE…not your grandmother. For the PARENT income section, you list your MOTHER’S income…and assets…if it’s $0 you put $0 (although be prepared to explain how you are able to live with NO income).Your tax filing status has NO BEARING on your financial aid situation.

For the Profile, you can ask the schools if they will grant you a NCP waiver…but you will have to provide more than just a tad of evidence that you have no contact with your dad. These waivers are not easy to come by. Having NO contact with your father is only half of the equation…you would have to prove that you have no knowledge of where he is. But you can make the request of the schools for the NCP waiver and see what happens.