<prompt> Human: A little backstory: My mothers husband my stepdad has been living with us for almost 5 years. He makes a considerable amount of money but he has never paid for a dollar of my schooling or anything else really, therefore weve never claim his income on the application on the FAFSA form. We claim my biological fathers income who does help me out financially when he can.This most recent time I applied they somehow discovered that my stepdad had been in the same household the entire time Id been receiving aid, and even though he doesnt help me financially in any way his income should be claimed... Not only do they say this restricts me from receiving further aid but now my family has to pay back the 20k Ive already received and I cant register for classes next semester until this is paid back... Can they do this?? Help!  <response>: Yeah you filled out the FAFSA incorrectly and did so this whole time. Your household for federal financial aid is your custodial parent and her husband, not your father. The fact that the stepdad isnt helpful doesnt exclude his income; if that were the case, every rich parent would simply claim that they dont want to help pay for college and so the stateFeds should pick up the tab, which wouldnt be fair to the students who actually dont have a rich parent or stepparent in their household at all. 