College and Divorce -Take the Right Write-Off

If you have a child in college and the child receives a Form 1098-T, you may be able to take advantage of one of three different education tax benefits.  What is even better is, if someone else is paying the tuition (per a Separation Agreement) but you are claiming the child as your dependent by […]

College Financial Aid, the FAFSA and Divorce

It’s the new year…time to fill out the FAFSA or Free Application for Federal Student Aid.  If your child will be attending college between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, the 2016-2017 FAFSA is now available on line. Follow this link to the new application: https://fafsa.ed.gov/index.htm. Although the deadlines for submitting the FAFSA are still a […]