Dating in an age of multiple divorces

When you find someone you care about who seems to have some future potential for you, you are going to want to bring your children into the picture. Of course, you want your significant other to already know that you have children. Otherwise, you may find a situation on your hands. Not every man is capable of accepting children that he perceives as belonging to another man.

There’s a lot of advice out there about dating after you get divorced. Most of this advice is interesting, but the truth is, not everyone approaches.

Here, we’ll walk you through some basic tips that can make completing your FAFSA a little less painful when your family situation is complicated. The FAFSA uses information about your family’s financial situation to determine your financial aid eligibility. This is a formula that takes into account your family’s tax information, untaxed income, assets, and benefits.

The EFC also considers the size of your family and the number of other kids in your family attending college during the year. This infographic from the U. If your parents live together, even if they are separated, were never married, or are divorced, you file the FAFSA with income information from both of them. Note that having “legal custody” does not automatically equal custodial-parent status. Rather, it’s a question of where you spend the most time and which parent provides the most financial support.

In that case, you do NOT report income information from your non-custodial or non-financially supportive parent. If your custodial parent simply lives with a new significant other and is not legally married, you only need to report your legal guardian’s income information.