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    freshpoppedkorn Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 27, 2010, 07:04 AM
    Can I clam my live in girlfriend who is on ssi?
    I just had a son in may 2010 and my girlfriend who has lived with me for over nine years is collecting ssi $8,220 has no other income
    Can I claim her as a dependent?
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    Nov 27, 2010, 08:55 AM
    Yes, you can, if you provide more than HALF of her total support, which you probably do even with the $8,220 in SSI.
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    Nov 27, 2010, 12:23 PM

    You can claim your g/f if she lived with you for all the year, did not earn more than $3650 (SSI is not counted as income) and you provided more than half of her support.
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