<p>Thank you everyonve for your advice. Good thing I looked into this now, huh?</p>
<p>My father does file taxes every year. My mother was only released from prison this January and hasn't earned any income besides TANF which I believe she started receiving in June. I also think all of my school records have only my mother listed as my guardian so that I would recieve free lunch. </p>
<p>It's really unfair that after working so hard I might be really screwed for financial aid due to my mother's greed.</p>
<p>Oh, and I'm a girl, just to clear things up.</p>