Filling out the FAFSA for informally separated parents

<p>Take note of kelsmom’s post. In your first post you said you and your wife “are separating” rather than “have separated” which would be the case if you moved out in August for, per the terminology used above, the marriage is in trouble reasons. The point is that if you moved to your sister’s house in August for work reasons only, to be closer to a place where you could find work for example, then fafsa would be filed as married and both incomes would be included. If the marriage is “in trouble” and you would continue to live separately for marital reasons even if you found a job in the same area as your wife and daughter reside between now and March, then the advice about including only your wife’s income, support, share of the assets etc. applies.</p>