My wife and I have two children who live with us. One is ours (9 months old) and one is my wife's from a previous marriage (6 years old). Per the divorce agreement, it is our year to claim the 6 year old as a dependent for tax purposes. It is my understanding that we should receive a $2000 tax credit per qualifying dependent child, or $4000 total. TurboTax, however, credits us $2000 for our baby, but only $500 for our 6 year old. TurboTax tells us each child qualifies as a "dependent," but says our 6 year old is "disqualified" from the $2000 Child Tax Credit without telling us why. Instead, TurboTax says he qualifies for the "Credit for Other Dependents, which is capped at $500. Even when say that my wife and I are the 6 year old's legal parents, the result is the same. Why
