sorry I've been sick. So if you are both married and both live in seperately maintained homes and have separate residance kids, you both can file as HOH or one can by HOH if only 1 has children.
Can Married Filing Separately taxpayers qualify for another status?
Some married taxpayers may be considered unmarried even if they are not divorced or legally separated.
Such taxpayers may be able to use the Head of Household filing status, which may result in a lower tax
than Married Filing Separately. Refer to the topic “Can married taxpayers ever file as Head of Household?”
in this lesson to see if the “considered unmarried” definition applies. see page 3
https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/4491_filing_status.pdf
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