he taxpayer in every case below is a U.S. citizen and not a dependent. Which of the following individuals meets the dependency tests as a qualifying child of the taxpayer? Laura (19) left home three years ago and moved in with her sister (21), the taxpayer. Laura is a full-time student who paid less than 50% of her own support and earned $15,000. Trinity's mom left Trinity (6) with the taxpayer about two years ago and has not been heard from since. Trinity is not related to the taxpayer. Meanwhile, the taxpayer has been raising Trinity as her own child, she pays for 100% of her support, and no one else lives in their household. The taxpayer's father, Ron (62), was sick, did not have any income, and lived with the taxpayer all year. The taxpayer paid all of Ron's support for the year. Ron's wife (60) works and earned $20,000. They are filing married filing jointly (MFJ). Chance (17) is the taxpayer's stepson. He lived with the taxpayer for five months and moved out with his mom when the taxpayer and Chance's mom got a divorce. The taxpayer contributed over 50% of the support of the household.