Be sure you understand
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the custodial parent income and the student income is used on the fafsa only. Not the noncustodial parent. Custodial is defined as the one he lived with most the year prior to filing. It has nothing to do with who claims taxes etc.
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students cannot file fafsa as an independent until they are 24 or married or some other more rare situations. This has nothing to do with how student files his taxes.
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many private schools want both parents income, many publics don’t, check each college.