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Alumni - Champ
June 1, 2019
Maybe.  But marriage licenses are usually public records anyway. (and you appear to be using your real name as a screen name on this public forum.) Do you live in a Community Property State?
Level 2
June 1, 2019
No I do not live in a community property state.
Alumni - Champ
June 1, 2019

They will find out someone else claimed her as a dependent if you file a joint return.  They won't know why and the IRS won't tell them.  However, they (and you) will receive separate correspondence from the IRS to determine which return is correct.

Time to fess up?

Level 2
June 1, 2019
But if I file separately, and she does not file. When her parents claim her as a dependent will they receive a correspondence from the IRS?