Parent receiving partial pension can be claimed?

[VolvoGirl]

You can only claim them if they had less than $4,300 total income for the year.  

Who can you claim
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/credits-and-deductions/help/who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent/01/267...

[xmasbaby0]

Not sure what you mean by "partial pension"----but if you are trying to claim a parent as a dependent, the only income that does not "count" is Social Security.   Any other income that is more than $4300 for the year does count, so if the pension was over $4300 you cannot claim them.

[Opus 17]

You have to pay more than 50% of their support AND they must have less than $4300 of taxable income.  A pension is almost always taxable income.  If the amount is less than $12,550, the person might not owe tax, but the income is still considered taxable for the dependent determination.