Scenario Background:
Divorced parent claimed biological child as a dependent on alternate years per agreement with the other parent. Child is now 20 years old, attends university in California, but one parent (the one posting this question) no longer lives in California and moved to another State, but the adult child still attends university in California and visits the out of state parent during holidays.
The child (or adult child since is 20 years old) can they still be claimed as a dependent (no agreements exists with the other parent anymore due to the fact the child is over 18 now). Last year, I believe the child filed taxes on their own and this year may want to file on their own and was not claimed on Taxes by the parent posting this question.
Should the Dependent question be left as default selection - NO DEPENDENT?
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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