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Dear Ms. Faux:

You ask the following question:

May a property owner who resides in and receives a homestead tax exemption on a primary residence with a spouse also qualify for a homestead tax exemption on a separate residence that she owns and maintains as the permanent residence of a 19-year-old child that she claims is naturally dependent upon her for support?

Information attached to your request reflects that the individual requesting homestead lived with her husband in a home at which she and her husband established a homestead exemption from approximately 1999 through January 2007. They…