What's the Process of Getting Emancipated
My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: NJ
The reason I want to get Emancipated is because I need Financial help from the Government. I am a 19 year old who is currently not in School because the payments are too high. Due to the fact that my father's income is high, I'm not qualified for Financial Aid. I've taken out loans to help me but that can only do so much. My father and I can't get along so I need to get back in school where I can live on campus
Re: What's the Process of Getting Emancipated
There isn't a formal process for educational financial aid emancipation. You'd need to fill out the FAFSA to the best of your ability, and then take that report to the financial aid office at the specific school you want to attend, along with verifiable proof that you have been self supporting. Then, the school, having been convinced that you've been so, can manually adjust the FAFSA to reflect this and adjust aid accordingly. If dad has been providing any substantial portion of your housing, utilities, food, etc. then you're not going to be eligible as an independent student and dad's income will continue to count until you've been SELF supporting long enough to satisfy the school.
Re: What's the Process of Getting Emancipated
The process by which you got emancipated was "Having an eighteenth birthday".
As you surely already know from the stickied threads, which you were instructed to read before posting, this is an issue between you and your college financial aid office.
Re: What's the Process of Getting Emancipated
Are you saying that I would have to show rent slips and such? What if I choose to attend school in a different State, does the same rules apply?
Re: What's the Process of Getting Emancipated
This varies by school.
If you "need" to go to college so you can live in the dorm, it's doubtful that you're going to qualify as an independent student. Financially independent students are those who are paying their own rent, utilities, groceries, etc., with no help from their parents AT ALL.
There is no law requiring you to go to college immediately. Once you turn 24, you are considered financially independent for the purposes of FAFSA. Delay matriculation until then, or simply work and take one or two classes at a time, as you can afford them.