Are you stilled considered a "dependent" student by FAFSA? If not, you are NOT required to submit info on EITHER of your parents to receive any and all federal loans. The catch is that your prospective SCHOOL will require parental data if you want to receive low/no-interest loans or grants from them.
My parents are divorced and both remarried, and although I am WAY past being considered a "dependent" student by FAFSA (I'm married too!), I was required to get financial info from my father & his wife (only). My school asked that I provide the data of the parent who "would provide the most financial help" (which is ridiculous, since I don't GET any help at my age!!!). I picked the parent who had the least "combined" income! I hardly think it's fair of the school to consider my father's wife, or my mother's husband's income as part of MY financial aid.....especially since neither of my parents got remarried until I was in my LATE 20's!! These people did NOT raise me...they have had no say what-so-ever in my upbringing or life (other than marrying my parents)...I find it LUDICRIS that I have to submit THEIR income!!! Notice that I didn't even call them "step-parents"...they are my "parent's spouses"
If they were to ask me for my Mom and Dad's INDIVIDUAL income's it may seem more fair (ignoring the ever-present fact that I DON'T GET ANY FREAKING MONEY FROM THEM)...but that's not what they wanted.
Anyway...sorry about the rant...this is a sore subject for me because I am FORCED to get this info so I can get money. Yet GETTING the info from my Dad is like pulling frickin' teeth (he's one of those "I hate big brother" types)...so the whole situation just pi$$e$ me off to no end...