<p>I am currently married but seperated with 5 children, my husband agreed to keeping the mortgage note up. I currently dont work and have been struggling just to make it threw day to day. His income is around 46 thousand a year would I still be able to get assistance for paying for my education?</p>
<p>Is your husband going to pay the mortgage and pay child support?</p>
<p>I don’t know how FAFSA is going to handle your situation, but do you realize that likely the financial aid that you’ll be offered will be student loans?</p>
<p>Destin - you are eligible to get assistance paying for your education. How much you will get will depend on your actual income. For instance if your AGI (from your own income) is below $30,000 it is likely you will qualify for the automatic 0 EFC. With that, if you do not already have a bachelors degree, you would be eligible for the main federal grant, the pell grant. The current maximum for that is $5350. You would also be eligible for Stafford loans (assuming you have not already received the max for them in the past). What other aid you would be eligible for would depend on the school you go to and their policies. There is another federal grant, the SEOG, but the criteria for getting that is set by the school. Also there is another federal loan program, Perkins, which some schools have and some do not. Again they set the criteria for that. With the Pell and some loans you would likely be able to afford to at least start off in a community college. Good luck.</p>
<p>swimcat…</p>
<p>If her soon-to-be ex has to pay her spousal support for a few years as she “gets on her feet,” will she have to report that as income? What about child support?</p>
<p>Won’t it seem odd if she says that she’s supporting 6 people with little to no income?</p>
<p>If he is not living in the house, his income doesn’t have to be reported, however you have to report child support or alimony on the FAFSA (I would think his paying the mortgage would count in that spot).</p>