Yes. As long as all other qualifying criteria are met. The rules for a qualifying child include a relationship, age, residency, and joint return test.
For the age test, the child must be under the age 19 at the end of the year OR under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, OR any age if permanently and totally disabled.
For the residency test, the person must have lived with the taxpayer for more than half of the year. In the case of children of divorced or separated parents or parents who live apart, the child must have been in the custody of one or both parents for more than half of the year.
Form 8332, Release/Revocation of Release of Claim to Exemption to Chile by Custodial Parent or similar document may apply if you are the custodial parent (parent with whom the child lived for the greater number of nights during the year). This form grants release to your claim to the child as a dependent.
Qualifying Child Rules
Form 8332
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