hoh

To be a qualifying person for HOH, they must live in your home more than half the year.  If your child does live in your home more than half the year, go back and correct the dependent interview.  Select "7 months" or longer, because Turbotax interprets "6 months" as exactly half, and exactly half is not "more than half."

If the child does not live in your home more than half the nights of the year, then you don't qualify for HOH, even if you are claiming the child as a dependent through a form 8332 or court order.   Only the parent where the child lives more than half the year can use the child to qualify for HOH, EIC and the dependent care credit, and those tax benefits can't be waived, transferred or shared, even through a court order.