Can my ex-wife claim our kids on her income tax?
954750
visit irs.gov  they have a faq area and help to determine who can claim a child and who can not.  I do know that if the kids live with you and have lived for you for at least 6 mos. of the year and you have provided at least 50% of their support you can claim them.
270981
Go to court.  If your wife is healthy and able to work you have a good chance of getting the amount you pay significantly lowered.  These are different times.  As a matter of fact my ex and I have joint custody but I pay him.  Because I am capable to work.  Even when I wasn't currently employed.
973242
I would go ahead and ask the IRS to open a dispute proceeding, and explain what you've provided here, but in greater detail.\n\nSince your joint daughter is not the issue, and I am assuming you were not married during 2005, these are the rules for your ability to claim your ex and her daughter.\n\nYour rights come as a result of the dependency tests under the Qualifying Relative standards under IRC §§ 152(b) and (d), as opposed to the Qualifying Child standards many people refer to that came to be from the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 and the Uniform Definition of a Child. To meet the qualifying relative standard, each dependant must have lived with you for the year and been a member of your household, each made less than $3,200 in 2005, each be a citizen or resident, and each must have received more than half their support from you.\n\nFrom your dialog, it sounds as thought these conditions were true, you filed a return after the end of 2005, then you broke up, and her new boyfriend subsequently filed a tax return.  If so, then you have a winning case.  If you broke up during 2005, your case will most likely come down to dollars, who spent more.\n\nThe identifying infomation the IRS is looking for is first to identify who we are talking about, and that this was not a processing error.  Once that is resolved, the IRS will ask a series of questions and want evidence to support the standards I explained above.  Evidence includes all the money you spent supporting your ex and her daughter, including meals, medical fees, insurance premiums, housing, schooling.  Pull all your credit card records and cancelled checks, and start totaling.  You need to prove support and that they were members of the household.\n\nThe dependancy deduction does not revolve around immunization records and school files.\n\nThese cases are won on an accumulation of evidence for support, which means the winner has just slightly more support than the loser.  If you have a winning case, then you should feel confident going into dispute resolution.\n\nYou should be aware that in all cases where the IRS cannot make any determination as to who should get the exemption, it is lost to all parties.\n\nYou should also be aware that your ex could have claimed her daughter on her own tax return in order collect the earned income credit, and her new boyfriend could be uninvolved in this.  If so, your chances of success are significantly reduced.
328351
First of all, I hope you filed an extension because your taxes were due a week ago.  The answer to your question is no you can not claim her for 2 reasons.  She did not live with you for the full year and she is not a US citizen.  Both of these requirements must be met.  Although it should be fairly straight forward in the instructions to the form 1040.  If you don't have yours, you can get them here. http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
170675
Sadly, you cannot.  This is one of the perks of actually being married.  If you are not married and he is not the biological or adoptive father of the kids, he cannot claim you or them on his taxes.  The link below will take you to the page on IRS' web site that explains the four tests for claiming dependents on your taxes.  You have to be able to pass all four in order to claim dependents.
1113296
Yep!  My sister had it done to her ex.  He never paid for their now 13 year old son.  They took back support, current support out of his disability checks, and also gave her his entire income tax refund for the year.
964813
Child support can not be set retroactively-so until she files--he owes her nothing.  Once she files-the court can set support back to the date of filing--but not prior to.  After that, if he does not pay 'through the system' then it can be considered 'a gift'.  He should be paying approx 34% of his gross income for 3 children.  Based on what he was earning when they split--she can figure approx what she SHOULD be getting.  I doubt he has 'overpaid' her.  Have her apply at her local child support agency.   You can look up CA guidelines for support here:\nhttp://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.htm
734120
Contact that states Child Support Enforcement Unit and ask them.  They can best answer your question.
167271
sadly, yes they can. The county inwhich you owe back child support in can garnish your taxes every year until all back child support is paid.  Not only can they take your state tax returns, but they can also take your federal tax returns. Generally there is some salvation.  If you have remarried, your spouse may file form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation, with both federal and state revenue offices.  This way they can only take the person who owes back child support and your spouse will receive their tax returns.
213651
maybe if she is considered disabled and you might be able to write off the doctor appts. You only get child credits the tax time AFTER the baby is born.
1144301
I depends on if you have children, if so you can claim them other than that your spouse and/or yourself. From experience you may just want to claim yourself because I had problems
177087
you always do, but you can get it reduced since she has no actual physical custody of your kid. Talk to your lawyer, because I think you may have to ask for custody to prove you are not just being a scum bag
819536
It depends on what your divorce decree states.  If it gives him the right to claim the child on his taxes, the only way you could ever legally claim the child is if you have your ex's written permission, specifically, Form 8332 Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents.  The advice, "the first one who files gets the deduction" is not true and eventually, the IRS will catch up with you because they do use a matching system that matches social security numbers to taxpayers' returns.
574430
Since she left then you can claim abandonment which will minimize what if anything she would have been entitled to, but for right now file for a legal separation and change her as the beneficiary on all of your policies, as well as cancelling all of your joint accounts and opening separate accounts. Sounds to me like your married to a golddigger. Dump that troll.
511562
Try using last years Federal Income Tax return.  If you claimed her as a dependent, you had to have put the number on your 1040.
554960
Save all you receipts for any purchases for your ex-girl or your kids. Every time you give her money make her sign something that states the amount given and the date. This will help you in court.
455862
as long as you support them for 6 months or more of the year.... but dont pay child support just to claim them