Were you a college student in 2024? Is your father claiming you in order to get education credit---or earned income credit---Head of Household filing status? Or just claiming you out of habit?
Your situation is a tricky one. If you file a joint return with your spouse you cannot be claimed as anyone else's dependent unless you have such low incomes that you are only filing jointly in order to seek refunds of amounts withheld from your paychecks.
If Dad claims you, it might mean you and your spouse have to file married filing separately--- and on your own return you would have to say you can be claimed as a dependent. Filing MFS means neither you nor your spouse is eligible for education credit or earned income credit. If you are in a community property state it gets even more complicated.
You need to have a careful conversation with your dad to see which filing situation is better for all concerned.
And....we do not even know if you and your spouse have children....which would further complicate it all.
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