[Oasfaa] Parents married?

[Lori Deardorff]

Jonna,

The way I was taught,  if they are remarried then we are suppose to ask for
the new spouses tax info and W-2's and add it in with theirs on the FAFSA,
so it looks like your not the only "bad school".😇
love ya,
Lori Deardorff
Director of Financial Aid-Traditional
Southern Nazarene University
6729 NW 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008
(405) 491-6382
ldeardorff at snu.edu



On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Jonna Raney <Jonna.Raney at okbu.edu> wrote:

> I'm finding many students that still struggle with the parent's marital
> status. I'm finding them by running a report of those that show
> divorced/separated but filed married joint or married separate returns.
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> I know this can happen, but when the divorce/separation date is 2005, I
> find that they answered the question based on the biological parents but
> the custodial is remarried. In most cases, I think it's an honest error but
> then the income questions only ask for one parent's income info so they
> usually qualify for more aid than they should.
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> I have 78 students on the report that I ran today. My question is, are any
> of you researching, institutionally selecting, or otherwise trying to
> resolve what I consider to be conflicting info? It's time consuming and of
> course, makes you the "bad school" if other schools don't resolve it, but I
> feel like it should be looked at to protect tax dollars for which these
> students are not eligible.
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>
> What do you think? no judgment...just asking. 😊
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> [image: Oklahoma Baptist University] Jonna Raney
>
> Director of Student Financial Services
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> 405.585.5020
> Oklahoma Baptist University
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