I go to college in Texas and my parents live in Michigan. My dad is a retired service member and I was using his GI Bill benefits to pay for my tuition in 2019, but did not in 2020. Otherwise I haven’t lived with my parents since 2018 and they have not paid or helped me with any bills since then. My dad spoke to a tax specialist last year and said he had to claim me as a dependent in 2019 because I was using his benefits, but I did not this year.
