Can I claim my mental ill sister, who passed last at the end of February?

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Can I claim my mentally ill sister, for last year?  She passed away at the of February 2017.

[Coleen3 · Accepted solution]

I'm sorry for your loss.

If she qualified to be your dependent before and nothing has changed, her death will not prohibit you from claiming her for 2017.