Income Tax Redux: Providing more than half of the child's support

You definately want qualifying CHILD. And the only way to fail the support test for qualifying CHILD is if the child himself hands you his own money above a certain amount. (Money from the state or agency - no matter the amount - can not make anyone fail the support test). Note: The first test for whether someone can be your qualifying *relative* is if that person is already not eligable to be anybody's qualifying CHILD. Therefore you have to do the qualifying child tests first. If the child can be your qualifying child, then there is no need - and no purpose - to even looking at the qualifying relative tests.