<p>Here's my situation:</p>
<p>Parents divorced when I was little, I never see my dad and he doesn't have any income anyway (don't ask).
Mom got remarried.
Recently got divorced again.
I "moved in" to my ex-stepdad's apartment so that I could go to that school district, which is really good.</p>
<p>I stay at his apartment on most weekdays when I have to work, and I go to school there. I go back home to my mom's house (about 40 min away, not far at all) on the weekends and some weekdays. </p>
<p>My mom is my custodial parent. She pays for my first car's note, car insurance on that car, dental ins, medical ins, etc. I pay for other stuff (I mostly buy my own food, my second car is paid for and in my name, I pay ins on it). </p>
<p>SHE is the person responsible for me. When I go to college, SHE will be paying for whatever I can't cover myself with scholarships and aid. Will the fact that as far as my high school goes, I "live" with her second husband and not her mess up my chances at financial aid?</p>
<p>Note that I still receive all my mail and everything at my mom's address.</p>
<p>Wow - that's a complicated situation. </p>
<p>here is a link to the explanations about the FAFSA questions and specifically the 'who is a parent' section.</p>
<p>Completing</a> the FAFSA 07-08/The Application Questions(55-83)</p>
<p>I think as far as FAFSA is concerned your Mom is who you report. Did your stepdad adopt you? If not I think you are probably fine as far as financial aid. It says that, for instance, even if you are living with a grandparent or other relative they are not reported as the parent unless they adopt you. Just my opinion from reading it.</p>
<p>If you are looking at profile schools I don't know how they would treat it.</p>
<p>He did not adopt me, and I'm over 18. He has no legal rights over me now that they are divorced. </p>
<p>Is Sewanee a profile school? People on here have told me that it is, but on the Princeton Review it's not listed as a profile school and it's not on any profile school lists. If it IS a profile school, then it's the only profile school I'm currently looking at.</p>
<p>You should be looking on the Sewanee web site. I would have thought they are a PROFILE school, but they are not. They do have their own app which a number of schools do. How strict they are about your natural father's income, I do not know, but they will ask about it. Schools vary on how difficult they make it to consider a parent not in the picture if he is alive. Just saying he has no income and won't pay usually does not cut it. Some proof is usually required. Perhaps a statement from the school, a minister, social worker, etc. That is something you will have to discuss with the school; perhaps your mother should contact the aid office. </p>
<p>I would keep your ex stepfather out of the picture since it would complicate things. He is no longer your stepfather and has no legal standing. A similar situation would be a kid living with friends of the family or an aunt.</p>
<p>The reason I asked is because they will probably wonder why I am in a school district 40 minutes away from where my mother lives. </p>
<p>My father doesn't really matter. I will give the colleges all the info about him that they want, but it won't change anything. He has no income and he doesn't own a house or anything.</p>
<p>They might. But this happens a lot with families who move. Since your ex stepfather is no longer family, he is just friend of the family. You are staying with a friend of the family to complete high school at that location. When we moved, we considered letting our kids complete their schools at a break point by staying with friends for a year or two.</p>