Child tax credit with no income

Can my girlfriend file taxes this year and claim the child tax credit? She doesn't have any income. The child is 14.

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No, if she does not have any income she cannot claim the child tax credit this year.

The child tax credit rules for 2021 where you didn't have to have income to receive the credit expired at the end of 2021.

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