Questions 59-79

59. Parents' marital status as of today. Enter your parents’ marital status as of the date the application is completed.

60. Month and year your parents were married, separated, divorced or widowed. Enter the month and year that your parents attained the status you provided in Question 59.

61. Father's/stepfather's Social Security number. Enter your father's or stepfather's Social Security number (SSN) (that is, enter the information for the same person whose financial information you are reporting). All dependent applicants must provide the Social Security number of the parent providing financial data on the application. The Privacy Act statement on the FAFSA^SM explains how his SSN can be used. If your father doesn't have a Social Security number, enter 000-00-0000. FAFSA on the Web^SM filers should enter the numbers without dashes.

62-64. Father's/stepfather's last name, first initial and date of birth. Enter your father's or stepfather’s last name, first initial and date of birth (that is, enter the information for the same person (in Question 61) whose financial information you are reporting). Use the name found on his Social Security card. Your father's or stepfather's SSN, last name and first initial on the application must match the number and name on his Social Security card. For information on how to update or correct the name on his Social Security card, he can call the Social Security Administration (SSA) at 1-800-772-1213 or go to the SSA's Web site at www.ssa.gov.

65. Mother's/stepmother's Social Security number. Enter your mother's or stepmother's Social Security number (SSN) (that is, enter the information for the same person whose financial information you are reporting). All dependent applicants must provide the Social Security number of the parent providing financial data on the application. The Privacy Act statement gives information about how her SSN can be used. If your mother doesn't have a Social Security number, enter 000-00-0000. FAFSA on the Web filers should enter the number without dashes.

66-68. Mother's/stepmother's last name, first initial, and date of birth. Enter your mother's or stepmother's last name, first initial and date of birth (that is, enter the information for the same person (in Question 65) whose financial information you are reporting). Use the name found on her Social Security card. Your mother's or stepmother's SSN, last name, and first initial on the application must match the number and name on her Social Security card. For information on how to update or correct the name on her Social Security card, she can call the SSA at 1-800-772-1213 or go to their Web site at www.ssa.gov.

69. Your parents' e-mail address. Enter your parents' e-mail address if you want your parents to receive communications about your FAFSA electronically. For example, your parents will receive an e-mail notification when your FAFSA has been processed. The e-mail address will also be shared with your state and the colleges listed on your FAFSA.

70. State of legal residence. Indicate the two-letter abbreviation for your parents' current state of residence. Your parents' residence is their true, fixed, and permanent home. If your parents are separated or divorced, use the state of legal residence for the parent whose information is reported on the form. Use the State Abbreviations list to provide the abbreviation for your parents' state of legal residence. If your parents live in a foreign country, enter "FC" in the state abbreviation space.

71. Legal resident before 2005. Select "Yes" if your parents became residents of their state before January 1, 2005 or "No" if your parents became residents of their state on or after January 1, 2005. States have varying criteria for determining whether you are a resident for purposes of state financial aid. However, if you established a true, fixed, and permanent home in any state more than four years ago, you will meet the state's criteria.

72. Date (month and year) of legal residence. If your parents did not become legal residents of their state before January 1, 2005, provide the month and year legal residency began for the parent who has lived in the state the longest.

73. Number in parents' household. Enter the number of family members in your parents' household.

The following persons are included in your parents' household size:

• You (the student), even if you do not live with your parents.



• Your parents (the ones whose information is reported on the FAFSA).



• Your parents' other children, if your parents will provide more than half of their support from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 or if the other children could answer "No" to every question in Questions 46-58.



• Your parents' unborn child, if that child will be born before July 1, 2011 and your parents will provide more than half of the child's support through the end of the 2010-2011 award year (June 30, 2011). (If there is a medical determination of a multiple birth, then all expected children can be included.)



• Other people (including your children and/or your unborn child due before July 1, 2011), if they live with and receive more than half of their support from your parents at the time of application and will continue to receive that support from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.

To determine whether to include children in the household size, the "support" test is used (rather than a residency requirement) because there may be situations in which a parent supports a child who does not live with the parent, especially in cases where the parent is divorced or separated. In such cases, the parent who provides more than half of the child's support may claim the child in his or her household size. It does not matter which parent claims the child as a dependent for tax purposes. If your parent receives benefits (such as Social Security or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF] payments) in the child's name, these benefits must be counted as parental support to the child.

Support includes money, gifts, loans, housing, food, clothes, car payments or expenses, medical and dental care and payment of school costs.

74. Number of college students in parents' household. Enter the number of people from the parents' household (in question 73) who are or will be enrolled in a postsecondary school in 2010-2011. Count yourself as a college student. Include others only if they will be attending at least half time in an approved program during 2010-2011 that leads to a degree or certificate at a postsecondary school eligible to participate in any of the federal student aid programs.

Do not include your parents. Also do not include a student at a U.S. military academy because the family is not expected to contribute to that student's postsecondary educational cost at the academy.

75-79. Benefits your parents (or anyone in your parents' household) received during 2008 or 2009. If your parents’ (or anyone in your parents household) received benefits from any of the federal benefits programs shown in the boxes below, they should fill in the circles to the corresponding questions on the paper form or use the corresponding drop-down menus online. Use the instructions for Question 73 to identify who is included in your parents' household. Answering these questions will not reduce your eligibility for student aid. Nor will it reduce your, your parents, or anyone in your parents' household's eligibility for these federal benefits.