Thanks, Hal! I was pretty sure I knew all the guidelines, and I tried three times to check off all of the answers correctly. I finally gave up and posed my question to the community.
I went back in, entered everything for the fourth time.... and this time it worked! I got the $500 child tax credit on my 1040. Then I returned to the community and found your answer.
Now I have a new question: How can I get that $500 credit for my daughter-in-law? We were their sole source of support for eleven months. I answered the questions the same way for her, but Turbo Tax says she is not our dependent.
