Non-Custodial Parent FA Help

Paying for College
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<p>Hi all, here's my situation. </p>

<p>My biological parents divorced when I was 7. At the time of the case, my non-custodial parent (father) had already left the country and although a child support cost was enforced upon my father, over the years (10) it diminished to receiving nothing since it was hard to enforce. In the meantime, my mother remarried so I do have a stepfather. </p>

<p>As I fill out the Pre-Read FA forms for schools, there's a waiver that I can fill out if I'm using information from only one custodial parent. So my question is whether or not I need to bother with it and then only use my custodial parents info or I should proceed with both guardians' info. Filling out the waiver would be extremely tricky and time consuming due to my father being halfway across the world... If so, how would I go about proving that he severed himself economically from me and that he in fact is not in the country? It's all very confusing and I'd appreciate if someone could shed some light on how to carry on with my case. I've already contacted the financial aid office of the university that I'm looking at but CC has rarely failed me. </p>

<p>Thanks for taking the time to help me out.</p>

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<p>You have only two options: either provide your father’s financial info or submit a request for a waiver.</p>

<p>To obtain a waiver, you or, preferably, your mother would need to submit a statement explaining your situation (father left 10 years ago, is outside the country, and is not providing support). You would then need to provide the statement of someone outside your family who can attest to the truth of what you said in your statement. This might be a social worker or a minister, or possibly even someone from your school who’s familiar with your family’s situation. It just has to be some reliable person who can attest to your family’s situation.</p>

<p>Under the circumstances, obtaining a waiver should not be difficult. Just send in your request along with the supporting declarations.</p>

<p>You will still need to submit your stepfather’s financial info, though.</p>