I don’t think it matters if they don’t pay their child support, either. If you really can’t find the other parent – there is no way to contact them, or I think occasionally if there is a record of domestic violence convictions of the NPC, then you are more likely to get the waiver. Otherwise, parents are considered first in line to pay.
There has to be a reason the NCP waivers were denied for this student…and it sounds like it happened at more than one college.
.what were your reasons for requesting the NCP waiver? Who were the impartial third party folks who wrote on your behalf?
Does your mom know where your dad is??
If the NCP is a total deadbeat bum without any discernible income other than the occasional minimum wage job, what would be the likelihood of a waiver? Or even how the colleges would calculate his contribution?
Follow up, if the NCP is jailed for non-support, will that affect the decision?
If the NCP has no money, what is the problem with filing the forms? Student would probably qualify for MORE aid since it would be based on two parents, two households with less money.
It is quite rare for someone to be jailed for non-support. He’s really be jailed for contempt, for not answering the court’s requirement to provide income statements. We don’t have debtor’s prison
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