2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

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Dependency Status page

The response choice of “no” is the default. So when users arrive on this page, it’s already defaulted to “no” so they have to make a conscious decision to change the response.

Then, if they do change the response to “yes”, they see this modal message pop up:

Selecting Continue takes them to the next page in the form. Selecting Return to Form closes the modal and returns them to the unsub only question.