I’m applying to four colleges that require the CSS Profile, and I live in a legal guardianship set up by the court. I’m not over 18, and I’ve never been adopted. There’s no category for the profile that matches up, since the ward of the court option says 18 or older. What do I do?
Who has legal custody? Guardians often can’t make legal decisions like medical, financial, educational but just take care of the physical ward. That would be the case for foster care, and would be a ‘ward of the court.’ In other cases, the court approves the guardianship but makes no change to legal custody, so the bio parents (or perhaps someone else) still has the legal custody.