Post by TankTop on Oct 20, 2024 23:35:24 GMT
DS is dating a girl with very little family support.
Last year, she went to college for one semester of her freshman year. All was well. Over January break she got very sick. She has double kidney failure and was hospitalized for over a week. When she got out she was staying at our house so I could keep an eye on her. She ended up with pneumonia and they found fluid on her heart.
She had to withdraw from the spring semester.
It was then discovered there was an error on her Fasfa and the grant money she was supposed to get did not come through. School that she thought was covered was not. She now has a $22000 debt to the school and has to work full time to support herself and make the payments.
She would like to go back to school in the spring, but can’t afford it. This is how I found out about the debt and fasfa issue.
From my understanding of the issue…
She put that her parents are divorced.
She does not have contact with bio dad.
Bio dad did not pay support.
She submitted her moms tax returns.
This showed she has a stepfather.
He has late stage Parkinson’s and is on disability.
As far as I can tell the issue is based on the tax return showing a stepfather dad but she did not list him.
My question is… is there any way for us to help her correct this? Where would we even begin? She met with the school and they were very little help. She did the Fasfa alone and navigated the meetings alone.
I would like to help her get this figured out for the best possible outcome. Even a student loan would help her lower her payments so she could go to school.
Any advice is appreciated
Last year, she went to college for one semester of her freshman year. All was well. Over January break she got very sick. She has double kidney failure and was hospitalized for over a week. When she got out she was staying at our house so I could keep an eye on her. She ended up with pneumonia and they found fluid on her heart.
She had to withdraw from the spring semester.
It was then discovered there was an error on her Fasfa and the grant money she was supposed to get did not come through. School that she thought was covered was not. She now has a $22000 debt to the school and has to work full time to support herself and make the payments.
She would like to go back to school in the spring, but can’t afford it. This is how I found out about the debt and fasfa issue.
From my understanding of the issue…
She put that her parents are divorced.
She does not have contact with bio dad.
Bio dad did not pay support.
She submitted her moms tax returns.
This showed she has a stepfather.
He has late stage Parkinson’s and is on disability.
As far as I can tell the issue is based on the tax return showing a stepfather dad but she did not list him.
My question is… is there any way for us to help her correct this? Where would we even begin? She met with the school and they were very little help. She did the Fasfa alone and navigated the meetings alone.
I would like to help her get this figured out for the best possible outcome. Even a student loan would help her lower her payments so she could go to school.
Any advice is appreciated
