After you file

  You say you need to amend your child's return.  You can expect your child's amended return to take 6 - 9 months  to be processed;   if you are going to file your own return without your son as a dependent, first you wait for that return to be processed, then amend your own. to claim your child------expect your own amended return to take six to nine months to be processed.

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