BrownParent, the Cal Grant senior rep also stated that they use the IRS’s definition for dependents. Though this same senior rep questions specialist also gave me bad info in another somewhat related area of the FAFSA which I’d already had studied up on which I ended up correcting her on, so I began to doubt her knowledge just a bit. I’m hoping to receive in writing from them something which will confirm how I’m understanding this now.
It’s nice to have more eyes looking at this to confirm what I believe I’m seeing now. Thank you! : )