But she said that one benefit of being Pell eligible is that other scholarships kick in from the school. That’s a big bonus. OP, the ‘more support’ is only an issue if the time is dead even. Go back and see if you can reasonably claim the kids were at his house more last year (or one year from the date of filing FAFSA; today?). If so, time is the tie breaker, not support. As I said, my nephews are 50/50, but they could look at a calendar and say "Oh, the boys spent an extra week with dad camping in July’ and thus time would win over support.