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<p>True, while a family (unless by court order) is not legally obligated to pay for their child’s education is is more a moral and a social obligation. While it is not fair, everyone is held to the stand standard. If students received FA just because they had dysfunctional families who refused to fill out forms or pay for college, the number of 'dysfunctional families ’ would grow exponentially and some familys use use this as a mechanism to game the system.</p>
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<p>No, it merely determines a student’s eligiblity for federal aid (Pell, SEOG, ACG, Smart grants, Stafford and Perkins loans).</p>
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<p>Has your granddaughter reported the fraud to the agencies and cooperated with them by filing affidavits of fraudulent activity? She may have to end up having charges filed against her mom in order to clear her name and her credit.</p>
<p>If she knows her situation is not going to change, she may have to take a different route to getting her education, which can be had if it is her desire to obtain one.</p>
<p>She may have to work full time and go to the local CC part time.</p>
<p>If she can get a job for a major corporation, some companies give tuition remission. </p>
<p>Some jobs if she is part of the union, some unions provide free tuition.</p>
<p>If she can get a job at the local college or university, she may be able to get tuition remission.</p>
<p>I would not suggest her taking on big debt to go full time.</p>