MinhT
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No. The spouse claiming the child should file as Head of Household because he/she would have paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year and have one qualifying person living with him/her for more than half of the year.

The other would have to file as Single as he/she cannot satisfy the two conditions above.


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