@jas2dajas-yahoo- in IRS jargon, you are either UNMARRIED or MARRIED. Those are the only two categories.
If you are UNMARRIED and other people live in your household, you MAY be able to file HOH.
if you are MARRIED, but lived apart from your spouse for the last 6 months of the year, the IRS deems you as 'considered unmarried'. Under this circumstance, if your child lives with you (along with other requirements), you MAY be able to file HOH.
Simply being the 'bread winner' in your household doesn't make your filing status HOH in the eyes of the IRS.
this is a GREAT schematic that explains how it works - see PDF page 50.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4012.pdf
