On his federal return, he should answer yes, that someone can claim him, but no, that person will not claiming them. Assuming you are claiming him on the federal return and you have a filing requirement, he should select YES to the 3rd question. This allows him to take an education credit, but doesn't allow an exemption on the CA return. So, he doesn't need to make any adjustments on his CA return. He won't get his exemption on the state return since he will answer YES to the Can someone else claim you? question. If he answers NO to the 3rd question, that would change his answer to NO, no one can claim me. And if that is the case, you could not take the credit on your CA return.
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