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May 15, 2021
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Can we claim our son who was 18 for more than half of 2020 and was in department of youth services/prison for all of 2020?

  • May 15, 2021
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can we claim our son who was locked up at department of youth services for all of 2020 as a dependent?

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macuser_22
Employee
May 15, 2021

No. For 2 reasons.  1) He  did not live with you more the half for 2020 and 2) you did not pay more than  half of his total support for 2020 ( the state did).

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