@tomandjerry1 wrote:
Correct. My daughter does not reside with me, and has an additional child (in high school) with her former spouse. She and her former spouse did have an agreement to claim this child on alternate years. So she and her former spouse would file either single or head-of-household on alternate years.
That was actually incorrect. If the child lived with your daughter more than half the year, then only your daughter could claim HOH status. The other parent could get the child tax credit if your daughter gave him a signed form 8332. But the only way he could claim HOH is if he and your daughter both pretended that the child lived more than half the year with him in those alternating years.
