this did not answer my question i know my child is a dependent i just needed to know who should claim him the higher or lower income to get the most back i found the answer by calling hr block which was the lower to get the maximum refund
It depends, the child must qualify as a dependent child. To determine or confirm if the child does, please use the interactive questionnaire from the IRS site; Who Can I Claim As A Dependent? If more than one parent qualifies and the child does not provide more than half of their own support, you can determine who should claim the child using this IRS link; Child Tiebreaker. The rule is summarized below:
Under the tie-breaker rule, the child is treated as a qualifying child only by: