<prompt> Human: I am 20 years old and am being claimed as dependent under my mother. However, she cut me off a few months ago, almost forced me to drop out of college. My dad wants to help, and he suggested we could maybe have my dependent status moved from her to him. He makes more than her, he would get some money back from taxes that would go straight to my tuition. Thats what he says may work. I want to know if this can actually happen, and what I would need to do to make this work. I am completely clueless when it comes to finances so please bear with me  <response>: If you are a full time college student and he starts covering more than 50 of your expenses, then he can claim you as a dependent for the 2017 tax year. If he wasnt covering over half of your expenses in 2016, then he cannot claim you on his 2016 taxes. 