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Age. You have to stop claiming your child when she turns 19, unless she goes on to become a full-time student. In that case, you keep claiming the exemption until she's 24, as long as she meets the other qualifying-child tests. After a child reaches age 24, you can only claim her if she's completely and totally disabled.
The $3,800 exemption on 2012 tax returns is a tax break you can claim regardless of whether you itemize or how much money you earn, as long as your son or daughter was under 19 last year. But if your child was 19 or older, well, itâs complicated. When You Can Claim Adult Children. Here are the rules: Letâs start with the simplest case. If your child was 19 to 24 and a full-time college student for at least five months of the year, the exemption is yours for the taking, so long as you provided at least half of his or her support.