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From the sources that I was able to find up to date as of 2008, the regulations for California follow the Federal Standards, which mandate the child be 17 or younger.
As long as you can prove paternity (if needed) and you provide for the child, you can.
If he has no taxable expenses in the child then he cant claim on tax.
Kids should not have to pay taxes as long as they are still under the car of an adult. If a teen has been emancipated, then they will be required to pay taxes.
Taxes are supposed to be something you pay but in your case the answer is yes. If you have a child that is yours you can receive Earned Income Credit as long as no one has claimed you or your child on their return and if you meet the requirements.
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Not long at all. If you were married the last few minutes of 2009, then you can claim the entire year.
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If you have paid for more than half of their support and they do not claim themselves on their taxes, I believe you can claim them as long as you have documentation to prove it.
yes as long as you are not a minor and you provided more than half of her financial support for the year in which you are filing taxes
As long as they meet the qualifying child or relative tests, yes.
Most claims need to be filed within a year of the occurrence.
You can claim a child as long as the child does not file a joint return with a spouse (except for the sole purpose of claiming a refund) and the child meets the tests for a "qualifying child" or "qualifying relative" as detailed starting on page 11 of Publication 501: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf In the year a child reaches age 19 (or age 24 if a full time student), the child is no longer a "qualifying child" (unless completely and totally disabled) but might still be a "qualifying relative." The requirements to be a qualifying relative are much harder to meet than the qualifying child requirements.