@mom2collegekids the adoption date cert isn’t important in this context at all. The parent might need to prove she is divorced.
Regardless of when this child was adopted, if the parent IS married the day the FAFSA is filed, the spouse needs to be included on the form. Period. Wouldn’t matter at all that the parent adopted the child while single.
But proving divorce…that might be important. That is why the question is there…to determine that the parent wasn’t married on the date the FAFSA was filed.