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Medical SettlementsFrom: jewhite27@gmail.com mistake to her body. She needs this money because she is not able to work full time due to the mistake. The CSS Profile (and possibly the FAFSA form) has a line item for stating your "nontaxable income". I believe that medical settlements are nontaxable incomes. Is this true or are they NOT considered "income"? Do I have to put my wife's settlement money in this box? If so, will the colleges expect us to use this money for college? There is no place to explain that this money is NOT a luxury, but a necessity and we NEED it to pay living expenses. Should we have the hospital pay us in annual payments of smaller quantities or one lump sum? How do we shelter this money so colleges don't think it's our savings for a vacation or something? Thank you.
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