Determine the filing status in each of the following situations:
a. Angela is single for most of the year. She marries Tim on December 30.
b. Earl is divorced during the current year. Their son lives with Earl's former spouse.
Earl lives alone.
c. Rita is married to Bob, and they have 2 children, ages 2 and 4, at home. Bob and Rita have a fight in March; Bob leaves and never returns. Rita has no idea where Bob is.
d. Joe is single. He provides all the support for his parents, who live in a nursing home. Joe's parents' only source of income is Social Security.
e. Sam's wife died in February of last year. Their children are all of legal age and none live in the household. Sam has not remarried.
f. Would your answer to part e change if Sam has a dependent child who still lives in the home?