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If you open a 529 for your child, can you continue to make withdrawals for education expenses after they are no longer your dependent?
529 plans are designed to pay college expenses for dependent children or other dependent family members as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. If the child is no longer a dependent, you can no longer use the account to pay for the education expenses of that child. However, one of the great features of a 529 plan is the ability to change the beneficiary. The law allows for a broad range of alternate beneficiaries once the intended recipient is no longer using or eligible to use the funds. Those include siblings of the beneficiary, you, your spouse, and numerous others.
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