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@Terry53029 wrote:

You don't qualify for a refund if items 1 (a, b, or c), 2,
and 3 below apply to you.
1. You were:
a. Under age 18 at the end of 2022, or
b. Age 18 at the end of 2022 and your earned income (defined below) was less than one-half of
your support (defined below), or
c. Over age 18 and under age 24 at the end of 2022
and a full-time student (defined below) and your
earned income (defined below) was less than
one-half of your support (defined below).

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Which item in #1 do they meet?  a, b or c?

I would think it would be hard to meet one of those three and still qualify to file as HOH.  I haven't thought through all of the fringe cases though, so maybe you found one.