An individual may be considered as a qualifying child of her parents and a qualifying child of her grandparents in the same year.

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This is possible if the grandparents meet all the requirements for claiming a qualifying child, such as providing more than half of her support and meeting the relationship, age, and residency tests. However, only one person can claim the child as a dependent in a given year, so the parents and grandparents would need to coordinate and decide who will claim her.

An Individual May Be Considered as a Qualifying Child of Her