How best to answer question on Dependent in TurboTax Desktop

[bluemoon]

Scenario Background:

Divorced parent claimed biological child as a dependent on alternate years per agreement with the other parent. Child is now 20 years old, attends university in California, but one parent (the one posting this question) no longer lives in California and moved to another State, but the adult child still attends university in California and visits the out of state parent during holidays.

The child (or adult child since is 20 years old) can they still be claimed as a dependent (no agreements exists with the other parent anymore due to the fact the child is over 18 now). Last year, I believe the child filed taxes on their own and this year may want to file on their own and was not claimed on Taxes by the parent posting this question. 

Should the Dependent question be left as default selection - NO DEPENDENT?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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[Vanessa A]

Where is this child's main home when they are not at school?  Is it with you or the other parent?  Are the holiday visits split or short or it is their main home?

Do you provide more than half of their support?

Basically, moving out of state doesn't change whether or not you can claim them as a dependent.  It would still be the same criteria that was used when you lived in state. 

The following criteria must be met to claim someone as a qualifying child:

• Your child (including adopted and foster children), your sibling, or a descendent of any of them.
• Age 18 or younger at the end of the tax year OR under 24 (and younger than you and your spouse) if they are a full-time student
• Lived with you for more than 6 months during the tax year
• They did not provide more than half of their own support (social security does not count)
• They did not file a joint return, unless it was to claim a refund

To claim someone as a Qualifying Relative, they must be:

• Your child ( including step children, adoptive children and foster children) or a descendent of them
• Your sibling (including half siblings) or a child of your sibling or a sibling-in-law
• Your parent or grandparents, including step parents and in laws
• Any other person that lived with you for the entire tax year
• Not a qualifying child of another taxpayer
• Someone that you provided over half of their support for during the tax year
• Has less than $5,050 in income (not counting social security)