Also, it doesn't matter if grandma provided 90% of his support, the rest came from scholarships and one percent came from the parents. If the student is your qualifying child dependent, then the parents claim the student as a dependent, and the parents also get to claim all the educational expenses. Remember, there is nothing in the IRS Pub 970 that says the parent has to provide more than 50% of the student's support. The pub says that the student provides *less* than 50% of their *own* support, and it that scholarships and grants do not count as the student providing their own support.
You may wish to use the IRS tool at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Am-I-Eligible-to-Claim-an-Education-Credit%3F">https://www.irs.gov/uac/Am-I-...> to see just what credits you qualify to claim. The TT program figures all this automatically for you. But using the tool for piece of mind doesn't hurt.
