I believe that she will receive the whole credit, 3000 or 3600 if the child is younger than 6 but what happens is that the father will have to repay the 1500 advance credit he received for the child unless he qualifies for repayment protection under the new law. The Congress forced to IRS to come up with a solution to avoid double dipping in certain credits and this is one example of that. If he made certain amount, I do not remember how much, he will have to repay the whole, or part of the 1500 he received in advance. Any body correct me if I am wrong please. Have a nice day everybody.