@global77
You said.......2) In the tax return that she will be filing on her own, she will answer "yes, I can be claimed as a dependent" on her tax return.
I think you are reading that wrong. It's not that she is a dependent on her own tax return. But on her tax return she has to check the box that says she can be claimed as someone else's dependent even if you do not claim her.
Unless you have a specific reason not to claim her, you should be claiming her. She can still file her own return for her income.
