The link covers who you *can* claim as a dependent. It doesn't say you *have* to claim them. If you did, then why is there the followup question on the return asking *if* someone can claim you as a dependent, *did* they?
That implies that the person who *can* claim a dependent can choose not to.
And if we *do* have to claim her as a dependent, then why wouldn't she be able to amend her return(s) (I don't know if states ask this) before April 15, and then we could file after she does, electronically if we want to? Or we file and don't claim her, and then we both amend our returns (her first)? I don't get why we would have to file a paper return. BTW, she didn't use TurboTax, she used a free file provider recommended by the IRS, and her brother says she didn't get a full single person standard deduction like he does, she got something like $500 more than what her earned income was. So it sounds like the whole thing of her claiming that no one else was claiming her as a dependent didn't make a difference on her return, and it won't make a difference on ours since our income was too high to qualify for a credit.
