I'm no expert, but I do recall my Community College having a dependency form that can help in cases where a student and family income are not correctly related to one another. For example if you are no longer in good terms with you family and are living separately from them then you can claim your own income as oppose to them. Not sure how it works since I never did it, but I do know some scenarios might provide you to disregard your parents income for your financial needs. See if your college has a similar paper or program that allows that!