topic I was married from the beginning of the year until December 4th, can I still claim my ex wife as a dependent for the time we were married in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-was-married-from-the-beginning-of-the-year-until-december-4th-can-i-still-claim-my-ex-wife-as-a/01/1080753#M394863 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:13:05 GMT angelboyx94 2020-02-04T12:13:05Z I was married from the beginning of the year until December 4th, can I still claim my ex wife as a dependent for the time we were married https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-was-married-from-the-beginning-of-the-year-until-december-4th-can-i-still-claim-my-ex-wife-as-a/01/1080753#M394863 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:13:05 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-was-married-from-the-beginning-of-the-year-until-december-4th-can-i-still-claim-my-ex-wife-as-a/01/1080753#M394863 angelboyx94 2020-02-04T12:13:05Z Re: I was married from the beginning of the year until December 4th, can I still claim my ex wife... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-i-was-married-from-the-beginning-of-the-year-until-december-4th-can-i-still-claim-my-ex-wife/01/1081004#M394961 <P><STRONG>No</STRONG>, you cannot file as married filing jointly and claim a higher standard deduction since you were legally divorced on December 31st. You also cannot claim her as a dependent unless she lived with you the entire year and her income was under $4,200 during 2019.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:32:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-i-was-married-from-the-beginning-of-the-year-until-december-4th-can-i-still-claim-my-ex-wife/01/1081004#M394961 KatrinaB48 2020-02-04T13:32:19Z