<p>My parents are divorced and I have everything turned in. CSS, FAFSA, my moms tax forms, except my father won't turn in his. We've been asking him for months and he refuses. He has a bad relationship with my mom and I and I think part of the problem is he hasn't paid is taxes. What should I do?? I'm freaking out...</p>
<p>I NEED fin aid to go to college, my EFC is $503.</p>
<p>Is there someway to get my colleges to understand that he refuses to give it and not harm me for it??</p>
<p>I do not belive that he has to turn in his tax returns to you if he is not going to be paying any part of your college tuition.</p>
<p>Here is some information i grabbed online from a college website with FAQ's about the fasfa application process.</p>
<p>"Q. If my parents are separated or divorced, do they both have to contribute to my education? </p>
<p>A. The custodial parent and current spouse, if any, must complete the FAFSA. The non-custodial parent is not
required to report information for federal student aid purposes."</p>
<p>Based on this you should be ok (assuming that you live with your mother).</p>
<p>oh no, we already reported all his stuff, like the CSS noncustodial parent profile. I really don't want him to be taken into account with fin aid considering he isn't paying at all for it. Wow now I'm going to get little financial aid???</p>
<p>I got 32,000 in grants from case per year but that is because they only consider fafsa.</p>
<p>should I just tell all my schools that he's not paying for it and have my mom fax her tax forms in tomorrow???</p>
<p>Wait did you report his income on your fasfa form already? If YOU DID put his information on the fasfa (i.e. His income information) I would maybe suggest removing it from there (since it may lower your efc). If YOU DID NOT INCLUDE HIS FINANCIAL INFORMATION YET then do not include him in the fasfa form at all. HE is not paying for your education so he DOESNT have to be on there and any income he brings in does not need to be reported. Your EFC should not change if you didnt include him in the fasfa. if you already included him (and his income) then removing him would lower your efc and possibly increase your aid.</p>
<p>Which is why included the link to the FAQ. It was basically saying that anyone that is not paying for your education doesnt have to be reported on the fasfa form at all.</p>
<p>fafsa doesn't take into account divorced parents so no, he wasn't reported</p>
<p>but CSS noncustodial parent does, and all my schools say they require that if my parents are divorced</p>
<p>I've turned in fafsa, CSS, and CSS noncustodial parent, but haven't turned in the tax return sheets.</p>
<p>My mom is sending hers in tomorrow. Should I just have her also fax a handwritten letter saying that we cannot get my fathers because he refuses to cooperate?</p>
<p>What is important is the school's policy not the fasfa. If the school requires forms from noncustodial parent then they will use that information (not just what is on the fasfa) to calculate your reward. Just call the school and tell them your situation. Im sure they come accross stuff like this all the time.</p>
<p>atomicfusion,</p>
<p>A similar situtation happen to a student I know from church. I would call each of your schools and explain the situation. If you are under 18 you may have domestic relations order him to sumbit his tax form to your school of choice for the next four year so as not to hinder your financial aid, get an emergency hearing. You can do this without a lawyer. As your EFC is $503 even with your father's income listed, you can pay this yourself, or have it incorporated into your student loan. Then you will have your student contribution from summer earnings, work study to cover school year books and personal expenses and of course your student loan. Ask the school if they have a reduced loan policy for low income students. It will be tight put it can be done, you will not have money for extras. Apply for local scholarships to eliminate some of your self help - student contribution, work study and studen loan.</p>
<p>yes, your mother should write a letter to the college in addition to sending in her tax forms. Yes, colleges to see parents behaving badly all the time.</p>
<p>Have the courts compell him.</p>
<p>And, if you applied to private schools, ypu'll need the CSS for some of them. And those colleges will make it incumbent on you to have your Dad turn in the information. I'd get a court to issue an order to compel him. Or readjust his support payment to reflect the money lost because he is not being responsible.</p>
<p>Just my opinion.
IB</p>
<p>This is my situation. I called the schools and they say to have your guidance counselour write a note saying this, and it worked. My brother did the same thing a few years ago.</p>
<p>Okay here's an update.</p>
<p>First of all let me say again that I have already turned in fafsa, css, and css noncustodial parent. My mom sent out her 2004 income tax stuff today and is waiting on the 2005.</p>
<p>My father still doesn't pick up and we drove to his house today and he isn't home. My mom called her lawyer and if we don't get it next week we are going to take him to court. Is this necessary?</p>
<p>I talked to Cornell and they said that they needed "supporting documentation". Would a GC letter qualify as this? I could get that monday then and then fax it out to all of them.</p>
<p>My mom talked to all the fin aid offices today and they said that they would "CONSIDER" giving me financial aid if I somehow got supporting documentation w/o his tax forms. Does this mean that even if I send in the GC letter or go through the court that I'll still run the possibility of being ineligable??</p>
<p>Do you have a court document with his income on it? That might work. Also getting the GC to write a letter would help support the claim, but the colleges may still need more evidence in the form of a legal document.</p>
<p>Hope that the GC letter will work. Otherwise, you'll have to go to court to get a change in support and/or to compel him to submit the required forms.</p>
<p>I feel for you. Just do what you must. It sucks that your dad would put you in that situation.</p>
<p>IB.</p>
<p>My mom just got through with him. He actually lied to us about owning property. We put down on the CSS this property he owns and he doesn't, thus my EFC is going to be invalid and shoot way up. He's also unemployed right now and lied about that too. So now on top of not having the other forms in they are going to count his income and property when he really has none. I'm completely screwed on financial aid now. I have a $503 EFC with fafsa but thanks to my dad's lies on CSS I'm sure that will shoot up.</p>
<p>Talk to the aid people...and go through the process of having th info changed. Make sure you have documentation so that the schools know that it was he who led to the screw-up. Also, still have GC write to them as well...indicating what happened.</p>
<p>Yes, request a waiver form for noncustodial, most colleges have this, and then they'll ask you to send in a third-party verification letter (minister, counselor, social worker, but no lawyers).</p>
<p>Does Case require CSS Profile information ??? If they based your aid only on FAFSA and only require FAFSA , maybe non-custodial is not a problem.</p>
<p>i am having some silar problems- after much pleading my dad and his wife did do the Collegeboards non custodial parent profile but they always need an extension of their tax returns b/c of thier small business and there is no way they can send them till late summer or fall if at all. we are waiting for emory to call us back- but he wont be contributing and isnt obligated to under the divorce and has only paid minum child support which also stops next month. anybody have expreience with this?? will they accomodate??? can i divorce my dad or something-- or fake his death?? also- anyone with experience with EMory's finaid dept?</p>
<p>I'd do the same as the OP, and if your Dad does not contribute...go back to court to modify the divorce decree. It's a pain...but if it will get you to college...then I'd look into it.</p>
<p>Call Emory again.</p>
<p>Oh my...Stories like this make me so sad. I can think of at least five kids from my high school whose father's (all of whom easily made over 500k) pulled the same deal. It was these type of stories which make me determined to protect your future children and get a pre-nup so that in the event of a divorce the child's education doesn't suffer due to his/her own uncooperative or miserly nature. It won't solve things completely but it will certainly make it much easier should the situation arise!...My heart goes out to all of you who are struggling with difficult parents! Hang in there!</p>