<prompt> Human: My background: 23, M, Employed.I recently had my first child, and this was a bit unexpected to say the least, so my finances werent in the best order. However, i did provide all that my needed as a baby and my child. My kid and her mom both live with the grandmother on her moms side for half of each week due to my retail hours, but I am the sole provider for my kid as her mom is a student. Her grandmother has bought a few items here and there, but as far as her main support, that comes solely from my income formula, clothes, diapers, etc.. I make around 45k a year. My issue is, her grandmother wants to claim my kid, even though she doesnt actually provide anywhere close to half the support. My kid and her mom both spend half of each week with me at my own apartment, I also provide financial support to my kids mom, but I wont try to claim her since I understand her mom granny needs the money from the tax credit.TL;DR My kids granny wants to claim himher. I dont think thats fair since I provide all her support. My kids mom doesnt work, and only stays with the grandma for half of each week due to long work hours. What can I do?  <response>: Claim the kid, then tell the MIL youve already claimed her. If she wants, she can also claim it then you can both send your proof to the IRS and let them decide. should be pretty easy for you to win that also, Make sure you file before your MIL as well, because the 2nd person to try to claim the kid wont be able to e-file. 