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Posted by Rod on March 26, 2007, 11:16 am
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> I have a problem that someone on here may have also
> experianced.
>
> Lady wants to claim head of household with her qualifying
> child who is not a dependant per divorce decree.
>
> According to her; in years past, the father claims the child
> on his tax return as a dependant, even though the child
> lives with her all year.
>
> Is it possible for the father to be claiming the child as a
> dependant and the child still be a qualifying person for
> Head of Household for the mother ?
>
> Essentialy what she is claiming is that this one child gives
> both parents the ability to file as Head of Household, but
> only one, the father per the divorce decree, gets the
> dependancy exemptions.
Actually only she could be HH no matter than he gets to
claim the child as dependent, for HH the child must live
with you for more than 6 months
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