Fafsa

What is the name of your state? WI

FAFSA requires (on page 7) to provide a financial condition of the “parent which child live with and the person whom your parent married (stepparent)”. There is a conflict between this requirement and the all known fact that stepparents are not legally or financially responsible for stepchildren (correct me if this is not exact true).
In my case, the biological father doesn’t help his son – he lives abroad and there were no contacts between them, but I never legally adopted him. We are not very yang people and we have another child. It doesn’t mean that we don’t want to help our older son (who is my stepson) but I’m just looking for a legal way to help him to get some federal financial aid. My wife’s separate income is not very high so it looks like our marriage prevents him to get a financial help that he could have. Doesn’t seam very fair!
If somebody know legal resolution or have any own experience to resolve this situation with benefit for family – please advice.

[VeronicaGia]

The problem is that for federal student loans/financial aid, they take the entire households income into consideration if the student still lives with either or both parents. They did this to me years ago when I started college, and my father was deceased, but they wanted my mothers income. I ended up moving in with my sister, because this was my responsibility, and I didn't feel I had the right to ask my mother for her social security and savings income (she was retired).