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In fact, your support must be at least half of the cost of what it takes to keep her comfortable. That cost includes any money spent on items as various as food, shelter, clothing, and medical care. If your support is not at least 50% of the total, you cannot claim your parent as your dependent.
Qualifying Child/Relative. You can claim an individual as a dependent if he is either a qualifying child or a qualifying relative. If you claim a person as a qualifying child, then another person cannot claim that same child as a qualifying relative.ax forms image by Chad McDermott from Fotolia.com. When you are filing your taxes, you can receive an exemption for people you claim as dependents. However, there are requirements that a person must meet in order to be claimed as a dependent on a tax return.