I am a divorced father and I am paying child support for my 17 year old daughter. The State of Idaho calculates child support payments based upon income at the time of the divorce (I was 2/3 of the total household income) and I advised the Court that I would be claiming her on my taxes (which I have done since 2017). ID child support is also based upon who claims the child on their income tax forms (If I claim her, I pay more in child support than if I do not claim her). My daughter turns 18 in August and has just graduated from High School. The State of ID states that I pay child support until either my child is a HS graduate AND 18 yrs old (this coming August) -OR- they are 19 years old. I am therefore paying 8 months of child support (this year) based upon my ability to claim her on my tax forms. She does not live with me, she is living with her mother this year. She is also working a part time job. I don't know if she will meet the minimum income of $12,550, or if she has had Federal Taxes withheld.
From my understanding (according to being able to claim her as a qualifying child), I cannot claim her this year since she is no longer living with me, is that correct?
