Carl, The granddaughter has been living with us since February. I'm retired but my wife is still working. The mommy is not our daughter but my wife's son's former girlfriend. She lives in FL. We live in Washington State. She is not a dependent. My wife made a deal with the mother back in February to let us have her. The mother signed a Power-of -Attorney saying we could keep her indefinitely until she wanted her back. Well she wants her back and we have to get her back there on Dec8th. My question was, basically, can we file for the Child Tax Credit since the child lived with us for 10 months this year. We took care of all her medical bills, daycare and preschool tuition, etc, etc. not to mention fed her and put new clothes on her back. Not one penny came from the child's mother. She does work. My main concern is that she might try to claim the credit before I can file if I can take the tax credit. She has three other kids who don't live with her but I think she uses them when she files. She did get caught by the State of Florida for claiming them to get Food Stamps. I hope this made it a little clearer for you. Thanks for any help you can pass on to me.
