<p>conyat -- you are on the money in regards to my parents opinion and its impact on family dynamics. However, this isn't the first time their opinion has caused problems -- and my brother no longer listens to them at all, so it won't be an issue.</p>
<p>He treats his stepdaughter as his natural daughter and really has no issues about paying for it, many of my comments and questions were more to get information. It does seem a little strange that there is no qualification to the rules. what if you just married a woman with an 18 year old that was heading to college -- it would be a shock to find out you were supposed to pay alot for that kid.</p>
<p>anyway -- this info was great and it confirmed what i thought. I am letting my brother know how to figure the efc, etc and giving him some good links to info so that they can do some planning. He didn't seem surprised when I told him that he would be paying -- but like many parents, I think the amount will be surprising.</p>