CUSTP
FAFSA Parent (Custodial Parent)
Certification
2018-2019
Office of Financial Aid ▪ 100 East 8
th
Street ▪ PO Box 9000 ▪ Holland, MI 49422-9000
P: 616-395-7765 ▪ F: 616-395-7160 ▪ finaid@hope.edu ▪ hope.edu/financialaid
The federal government provides the following guidance for FAFSA filers whose parents are divorced.
This guidance is meant to assist you (the student) in determining which parent should be included on
the FAFSA form.
If your parents are divorced, you should report the information of the parent with whom you
lived longer during the 12 months prior to the date you complete the application, regardless of
which parent claimed you as an exemption for tax purposes.
If you lived equally with each parent or didn’t live with either one, then you should provide the
information for the parent from whom you received more financial support or the one from
whom you received more support the last calendar year in which support was given.
Note that it is not typical that a student will live with or receive support from both parents
exactly equally. Usually you can determine that you lived with one of the parents more than
half the year or that you received more than half support from one of the parents.
I certify that the above guidelines were followed when determining which parental information to
provide on the 2018-19 FAFSA form.
I certify that my custodial parent is (name and relationship):___________________________
______________________________
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