No. Your ex husband can be a dependent however Head of Household requires the dependent to be related to you and at this point it is not your spouse. See the relationship rules below and more information in the link.
Head of Household. A qualifying relative would be:
- Your mother or father (including your stepfather or stepmother), if you're qualified to claim them as a dependent (even if you're not claiming them as such) OR
- A relative related by blood, legal adoption, or marriage other than a parent (see the full list of qualifying relatives below) AND lived with you for more than half the year AND that you're able to claim as a dependent (even if you're not claiming them as such)
- Qualifying relatives:
- Your brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, or stepsister
- Your grandparent, or other direct ancestor, but not foster parent
- A son or daughter of your brother or sister
- A son or daughter of your half brother or half sister
- A brother or sister of your father or mother
- Your son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law
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