My wife and I are separated. We each claimed one of our children on our 2018 tax returns, so we could both file HoH. I claimed our daughter. Our daughter goes off to college in fall 2020. Can my wife, who earns significantly less than I do, claim her as her dependant on FAFSA? We share custody and support them pretty evenly, and can work together for the benefit of our kids.
The way I see it:
1)she's my daughter
2)she's aUS citizen
3)she's not married
4)she paid less than half her living expenses
5)I share custody and can claim her
6)her mother didn't claim her
so she's my dependant for tax purposes, but:
I suspect our daughter spent a bit more time at my wife's, so she can be claimed as her dependant on FAFSA.
I'm not sure if it matters, but my wife claims our son in college, and filled out the FAFSA for him.
