<p>Question: How is financial aid determined when the parents are divorced and both are remarried? When both parents are remarried, the colleges that use only the FAFSA form will make their financial aid determinations based on the income and assets of just the custodial parent and his/her spouse. (And I’m talking about the stepparent here, [...]</p>
<p>Thank you very much, this is extremely informative.</p>
<p>Can aid packages change based on a remarriage throughout your years in school? For example, I’m about to go into my senior year of high school and my mom just got engaged last week. I don’t expect my future stepfather to contribute to my education at all, and they don’t plan on getting married within the next year or so because of his son’s wedding, my college applications, and all that other good stuff. Will my aid package for my sophomore year be different than my freshman year based on the remarriage? :/</p>
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<p>Yes! Mazel tov to your mom, but hopefully she believes in long engagements. 
If she marries during your freshman year, it will affect your soph aid package.</p>