Who claims

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February 5, 2025
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My kids, father has been on child support for years and does not ever make any payments, but he wants to claim our child. who has the legal right to do so?

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Best answer by ThomasM125

The parent who the child lives with would be the default parent who can claim the child.

ThomasM125Answer

The parent who the child lives with would be the default parent who can claim the child.

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Afrench85Author

There has been a lot of talk about if someone is on child support they have the right to claim the child and I just needed to verify that thank you for your answer. Is there a place I can look it up and verify?

MinhT1

The IRS says:

The parent with whom the child lived the longest during the tax year, if two of the persons are the child's parents and they do not file a joint return together, can claim the child as a qualifying child.

Please read the IRS Tie-breaker rules.

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