Niece, 4 kids who live with her, all under 16. She has lived apart from father for 18 mos. Father provides all support, pays mtg. plus child support, but niece was awarded custody and kids live year round with her. Niece has a PT job that will net her about $2K this year.
Filing status? I say single and will be eligible for a portion of EIC. She is required by decree to give up 2 kids for dependents on dads return but won't affect her since she can't claim them anyway.
Since she will be claiming to be a custodial parent, Dad can't claim HOH, correct?
bizarre one here.
tks all