Your problem with claiming your child has nothing at all to do with your spouse not working. A married couple can file a joint return and claim a child as a dependent even if one spouse has little or no income. Your problem with the child-related credit is not because of your wife's lack of income. Something else went awry, that you will have to sort our with the IRS.
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