Yes, you can claim your daughter as a dependent if she is a qualifying child, provided that she does not file Married Filing Joint with her husband.
IRS Publication 17 Table 3.1 identifies a qualifying child as follows: Note that all five requirements must be met.
1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half -sister, stepbrother, step-sister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be:
(a) under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly), or
(b) under age 24 at the end of the year, a student, and younger than you (or your spouse, if
(c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. The child must not be filing a joint return for the year (unless that return is filed only to get a refund of income tax withheld or estimated tax paid).
Publication 17 Tables 2.1 and 3.1 are extremely helpful.
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