Hi Dukeearl05,
It is possible that you may claim your mother-in-law. It does depend on a number of test. The Test most applicable in your case would be the Gross income test. This test requires that your mother-in-laws' income be less than $4,400 for 2022 and $4,300 for 2021. In addition, you must provide more than half of her total support during the year. To calculate the amount of support paid, you would need to compare any support that she paid for her own care to the amounts paid by you. Your amount must be more than half of the expenses that she paid for herself.
Please see IRS Pub. 501 for help in figuring whether you do provide the necessary support to claim her as your dependent.
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