it is also important to recognize that the federal income tax requirements for the dependency deduction fall under different rules and that a parent does not automatically have a legal obligation to provide support under state law just because the child qualifies as a dependent. It is possible to claim the adult child as a dependent under the support and other tests and still make a taxable gift in the form of the support.
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