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Child not showing as Dependent on Married Filing Single Return

Every year my spouse and I have filed Married Jointly.   This year though married, we plan to file separately, as one of us would be in a very high tax bracket than the other.

 

We have a child who we have claimed as a dependent all these years. My child is in college and the 529 plan contribution and distribution that we use for our child is on my spouses name.  Last year I earned more than my spouse. 

 

We would like to have my spouse claim the dependent child this year on her Married Filing Single return.  I went through all the questions, but it indicates that our child cannot be a dependent on her tax return.  How can we fix this.