Can we claim our son who was 18 for more than half of 2020 and was in department of youth services/prison for all of 2020?

can we claim our son who was locked up at department of youth services for all of 2020 as a dependent?

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No. For 2 reasons. 1) He did not live with you more the half for 2020 and 2) you did not pay more than half of his total support for 2020 ( the state did).

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