Probably. The requirements are below.
You qualify if you:
- Were unmarried as of December 31, 2017 and
- Paid more than half the cost
to run your home (or the home of a qualifying parent who doesn't live with
you) in 2017 (rent, mortgage, utilities, etc.) and
- Supported a qualifying person who lived with you.
If you were still
legally married as of December 31 and a child lives with you, you may qualify
for Head of Household under a slightly different set of rules.
*Even if
you were legally married as of December 31, you are considered unmarried
(and therefore eligible for Head of Household) if all 5 of these conditions apply:
- You won't be filing jointly
with your spouse; and
- Your spouse didn't live in
your home after June (temporary absences due to illness, school, vacation,
business, or military service don't count); and
- Your home was your child's,
stepchild's, or foster child's main home for more than half the year
(non-child dependents in your home don't qualify); and
- You paid more than half the
costs of keeping up your home during the tax year; and
- You meet the qualifications
to claim the child as your dependent, even if the other (noncustodial)
parent is actually claiming the child as a dependent on their return
