For college-specific financial aid, they all require tax returns from 2015. They specify that they want your parents’ tax returns, but I don’t live with my parents and haven’t seen them in four years. I am a ward of the court with a legal guardian, so should I submit my guardian’s tax returns?
You may be an independent student and parents’ tax returns are not required. See https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/dependency#dependent-or-independent
The FAFSA uses skip logic. They will ask you if anytime after the age of 13 were you in court ordered legal guardianship. You will click yes, bypassing all patent income questions because you will be considered independent b
No, you do not submit the income of your legal guardian. You will come up for verification and you will submit a copy of your court papers showing that you are in court ordered legal guardianship.