topic I want to claim my nephew has a dependent for half of the year for 2016 and is grandmother is legal guardian will be filing a return is this ok and how do I claim him in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-want-to-claim-my-nephew-has-a-dependent-for-half-of-the-year-for-2016-and-is-grandmother-is-legal/01/107865#M45582 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:51:08 GMT mccalvind16 2019-06-01T04:51:08Z I want to claim my nephew has a dependent for half of the year for 2016 and is grandmother is legal guardian will be filing a return is this ok and how do I claim him https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-want-to-claim-my-nephew-has-a-dependent-for-half-of-the-year-for-2016-and-is-grandmother-is-legal/01/107865#M45582 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:51:08 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-want-to-claim-my-nephew-has-a-dependent-for-half-of-the-year-for-2016-and-is-grandmother-is-legal/01/107865#M45582 mccalvind16 2019-06-01T04:51:08Z No, unfortunately the IRS does not allow dividing a depen... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-unfortunately-the-irs-does-not-allow-dividing-a-depen/01/107867#M45584 <P>No, unfortunately the IRS does not allow dividing a dependent during the year.&nbsp; A person can only be claimed as a dependent once per tax year.<BR /></P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:51:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-unfortunately-the-irs-does-not-allow-dividing-a-depen/01/107867#M45584 MaryK1 2019-06-01T04:51:09Z