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So I'm going to talk to someone who knows more about it, but I just wanted to know if anyone went through this.

Okay, so I applied for FAFSA and my parents didn't file taxes and isn't going to file taxes so therefore I can't get approved. Is there a way around this? I mean I'm 22, I don't get how my parents bad decisions reflect on my life. I want to go to college. No one in my family has ever gone. So it's not a priority in their eyes.

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It would go off of your parents' income and if they are not filing their taxes it can be an issue in getting financial aid. The only way around it is if you can prove that your parents do not in any way provide for you and that you are on your own and will be paying for college 100% on your own. A friend of mine had to do this, and it was a lot of running around and a lot of paperwork.

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There is an option for you to choose they are not filing and have not previously. I have to deal with this each time i renew mine. And it gives you the ability to skip the parts about your parents income and stuff as well as your own if you don't have a job.

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My husband had a similar situation. His dad refused to allow him the information to file for fafsa so he had to go through this huge process with the school and try to find a way around it. The only way was to get declared an independent through the courts, get married, or have a baby. Obviously those options were out so he had to find a way to get the info which consisted of a lot of going behind his dad's back with his step mom. 
I really don't think there is a way around it unless you go through the courts :/ I'm sorry you're dealing with this!!!

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Depending on what age you're considered independent in your state you may have to be declared independent by a court. It happened to me, I was supposed to use my parents info until I was 24 and that was not going to work for me.

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