<p>my parents legally divorced last year. i submitted the fafsa last april.</p>
<p>fafsa guidelines for divorced parents is whoever you live with the most in the last 12 months from the time you file it is the tax returns you use. if it is equal, use the parent who supported you the most financially.</p>
<p>i spend time with both my parents about equally. i have lived with friends too. my dad and mom both pay for my groceries, and i support myself in every other way. my dad is my custodial parent on the tax returns too.</p>
<p>i first filed it using my dad's tax returns. i had to verify it, and it went through. i checked my fafsa online one day and it said it was incomplete, so i panicked and thought i did something wrong. i went to the financial aid office to explain that i lived with my mom more, not my dad. the only problem is that i found out that i won't get a pel grant with my mom tax information and i need it to afford college, but honestly, it was about equal and i'm really not sure. i was really paranoid for some reason but i should of just not of said anything. should i go back and try to change it again? i just got the pel grant in the mail for my dads tax returns but they want me to return it.</p>