4 ms·

Can you disown your son so that he shows up as an adult whose family does not make any money . That way he would be eligible for aid and grants ?

anon25783 3y ago
I don't think "disown" is the word you want to use here. In English, "disown" means that you refuse to acknowledge that he is your son at all, not in a legal sense, but in a social sense, i.e. "I hate you so much I no longer consider you my son". I think you probably mean, "Can you declare your son as not a dependent", not "Can you disown your son" :)
- halkony 3y ago
  The more precise word would be "emancipate"
  - notmypenguin 3y ago
    Yes you can. Marriage, military service, or being over age 23 are sufficient in the USA for this purpose
P_I_Staker 3y ago
LMAO no. Everyone has this idea, and if it were allowed, who wouldn't do it? The way that financial aid works (albeit this is based on a few years ago), it's very very hard to get out from under your parents. It's so extreme that it hurts people. It's not that unusual to find wealthy parents that refuse to help their children at all, even though they didn't do anything, and are fine people. I'm a bit unsympathetic to OP, but the young adults that have literally nothing thanks to the whim of some asshole... that's really tough, and a flaw in the system. Anyway, there are rare cases, I believe, but the government makes this very difficult. If you grew up in a normal household, live an ordinary life, but your parents refuse to pay, you're out of luck. You will struggle to get this even if you're estranged from extremely abusive parents.
- drewg123 3y ago
  It hurt me while I was in school in the late 80s. I applied early decision to CMU, and was accepted. My parents were older, and very financially conservative, and were not high income. When I got the aid package, I found out that I qualified for basically 0 aid, and my parents were expected to re-mortgage their modest house to pay for my education (which I would not have asked them to do). I withdrew and attended a state school where I got a merit scholarship (but had to start 1 semester late, due to early decision). It seems like home equity does not count these days, which is an improvement I guess.

anon25783 3y ago

I don't think "disown" is the word you want to use here. In English, "disown" means that you refuse to acknowledge that he is your son at all, not in a legal sense, but in a social sense, i.e. "I hate you so much I no longer consider you my son". I think you probably mean, "Can you declare your son as not a dependent", not "Can you disown your son" :)

halkony 3y ago
The more precise word would be "emancipate"
- notmypenguin 3y ago
  Yes you can. Marriage, military service, or being over age 23 are sufficient in the USA for this purpose

P_I_Staker 3y ago

LMAO no. Everyone has this idea, and if it were allowed, who wouldn't do it? The way that financial aid works (albeit this is based on a few years ago), it's very very hard to get out from under your parents. It's so extreme that it hurts people. It's not that unusual to find wealthy parents that refuse to help their children at all, even though they didn't do anything, and are fine people. I'm a bit unsympathetic to OP, but the young adults that have literally nothing thanks to the whim of some asshole... that's really tough, and a flaw in the system. Anyway, there are rare cases, I believe, but the government makes this very difficult. If you grew up in a normal household, live an ordinary life, but your parents refuse to pay, you're out of luck. You will struggle to get this even if you're estranged from extremely abusive parents.

drewg123 3y ago
It hurt me while I was in school in the late 80s. I applied early decision to CMU, and was accepted. My parents were older, and very financially conservative, and were not high income. When I got the aid package, I found out that I qualified for basically 0 aid, and my parents were expected to re-mortgage their modest house to pay for my education (which I would not have asked them to do). I withdrew and attended a state school where I got a merit scholarship (but had to start 1 semester late, due to early decision). It seems like home equity does not count these days, which is an improvement I guess.