STATUS OF CLIENT

[HOPE2]

Hi everyone,
 Client is divorced (legally, out of the U.S. in their homeland). He lived in the U.S. with his daughter, who was a student. When I asked him about his status while preparing to file for 2023, he got confused and mixed up his homeland calendar date with the Gregorian calendar. He said he was legally married but did not live with his spouse in 2023. I was sure his spouse did not live with them and was not in the U.S.

For this year, he provided me with the court decree date of September 2023, and now I'm not sure what filing status I should choose for him on Form 3532 (California return status of Head of Household).

I really need some help.

[Terry53029]

You leave out a lot of details, but assuming he and his daughter are us citizens, and lived in CA all year of 2024 he can file single (you say he was divorced in 2023) or HH if he meets all the requirements for HH

[HOPE2]

His daughter lived with him in 2024 all the year and is student. What can I do for 3532 for this year?