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TamiL315
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I live in Florida. My exhusband and I are divorced. He does pay child support, however he has been in Guam for over a year. Our Divorce Decree reads:
Each Party shall claim one (1) child for purposes of an income tax deduction, with the Wife having even numbered years when only one child is of minority.
We have two children. I claim my daughter and he claims my son. I signed and sent him Form 8332 Release of Claim of Exemption for my son.
I claimed the child care credit on both children on my daughter as a dependent and on my son as a non-dependent.
When my ex filed the IRS denied his return saying that I claimed my son. I did not claim an exemption, I have spoken to the IRS twice and they say I have done nothing wrong because I pay for the child care from my account. They said that the children have to live with you in order to claim the child care.
My ex-Mother in Law is telling me that JAG is involved, saying that it red flagged me. Do I have anything to worry about? I looked up Publication 17, Chapter 33 and it looks like I am ok, but should I find a lawyer?
Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you.
Each Party shall claim one (1) child for purposes of an income tax deduction, with the Wife having even numbered years when only one child is of minority.
We have two children. I claim my daughter and he claims my son. I signed and sent him Form 8332 Release of Claim of Exemption for my son.
I claimed the child care credit on both children on my daughter as a dependent and on my son as a non-dependent.
When my ex filed the IRS denied his return saying that I claimed my son. I did not claim an exemption, I have spoken to the IRS twice and they say I have done nothing wrong because I pay for the child care from my account. They said that the children have to live with you in order to claim the child care.
My ex-Mother in Law is telling me that JAG is involved, saying that it red flagged me. Do I have anything to worry about? I looked up Publication 17, Chapter 33 and it looks like I am ok, but should I find a lawyer?
Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you.