I’m going to yell. YOU CANNOT JUST DECIDE TO USE YOUR DAD ON THE FAFSA.
Follow the rules…don’t make your own up. Your situation is NOT unique in any way. There are plenty of kids from divorced families who live with one parent, but the other parent provides the bulk of their support. This is NOT UNIQUE.
It doesn’t matter one bit who your “legal guardian” is unless your mom has given up her parental rights. That is not likely if you live with her.
You said your mom worked in 2017. Did she file a tax return?
You wrote this…
If she worked in 2017 and filed taxes she would NOT need a non-filers statement at all. In fact, she could link her taxes to the FAFSA using the IRS data retrieval tool.
I’m very confused why you keep insisting that you should be using your dad…when you haven’t resided with your dad more that 50% of the time.
That is the FAFSA rule as quoted in post 3. What is it that you don’t understand…or what information are you omitting here?
@kelsmom @BelknapPoint I’m trying…perhaps some additional reinforcements would help this misinformed poster.
ETA…if you get selected for verification, it won’t be because of your mom’s tax filing status in 2017…she filed.