Section 4
About your family
Your parent(s) or partner may have received a separate form asking them to provide details
about their income. This must also be completed and returned to us.
4.1 Are you an independent student?
To be an independent student usually you
would meet one of the following criteria:
• You are 25 or over
• You have care of a child under 18
• You are married/in a civil partnership
• Y ou have supported yourself for 3 or
more years
• You are an orphan
• Y ou have no contact with your parents,
and this will not change
• It is impossible/impractical to contact
your parents, or sending you money
would place them in jeopardy
No
Yes
if yes go to the declaration
page on page 7
4.2 Which parent do you normally live, or
have the most contact with?
The following family members count for
the purposes of income assessment:
• Y our natural or adoptive parents
(if both of them live with you)
• Y our parent and their partner (if they
have one)
Mother
Father
Both
Neither
if Both or Neither go to the
declaration page on page 7
4.3 What is the marital status of this parent?
Ask your parent to send evidence of
their marital status if they are separated,
divorced or have had their civil
partnership dissolved.
They must send a copy of their:
• Decree absolute
• Dissolution order
• A letter from their solicitor conrming
their status
Single
Living with partner
Married/civil partnership
Separated
Divorced/dissolved civil partnership
Widowed/surviving civil partner
Now read, sign and date the declaration on the next page
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