<prompt> Human: My wife is applying to get in as a nurse anesthetist. Simple but expensive. So after talking along time about this, we were wondering if we were to get a divorce on paper, could she get more grant moneyscholarships ect ect? We have a son but I am not his biological father and I did not adopted him when we did get married almost five years ago. This would make my wife a single parent again on paper. We are searching all possible avenues to save money if we can. The last thing we want to do is break the law of course. So thats the real question, can we do this in hope of getting more assistance until she is done with schooling? Please ask any questions if you need more information on the situation, just looking for some answers.  <response>: If she plans to utilize the FAFSA, your stautus today has little bearing. FAFSA for 2017 looks at incometax information from 2015. This idea sounds full of unintended consequences. 