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Post-DOMA Questions, College Student Edition

by Peterr

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Edith Windsor has a big tax refund coming, and other LGBT married couples have won a victory for their relationships with the recent SCOTUS rulings in US v Windsor and Hollingsworth v Perry. But lots of questions remain in the wake of the demise of DOMA.
For example, if you’re a college student applying for financial aid, you are required to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which functions as a standardized form to determine how much a student should be required to contribute to their college education, how much their family should contribute, how much their parents should contribute, and to what extent the student might qualify for federal financial aid programs. It