Which filing status would a taxpayer use in the year their spouse dies, providing they are not remarried by the end of the tax year?

2) Assume that there is also a dependent child, which filing status would the widow(er) use the year after their spouse dies?

3) Which filing status would the taxpayer use in the third year after their spouse dies if there is a dependent child?

4) Assume there is no dependent child, which filing status would the widow(er) use beginning with the year after their spouse dies?