Can we claim as a dependent our homeless son (38, with no income except food stamps), whom we supported from his attempted suicide on 6 Jan until his death on 9 Sep 2016?

[heevans2]

Our son was an alcoholic drug addict.  No skills except manual labor, no job, no transportation.  He was facing a felony OVI conviction, so attempted suicide.  Since he was evicted for trashing the place he lived he had no place to go after a short hospital stay.  Except for a 45-day stay in a lock-down rehab treatment program, we took him into our home and provided all of his housing, food, clothing, and transportation to court-ordered parole meetings and rehabilitation classes.  In spite of our care for him, he obtained drugs and his death was ruled an overdose.

[Ashia · Accepted solution]

I'm sorry for your loss, you can click on the link below and in doing so you will be taken to the IRS.gov website where you can use a widget to determine who you can claim as a dependent:

https://www.irs.gov/uac/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent