CaliChel
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EITC and Tax Credit

I file as Head of Household. I have 3 kids. I am custodial parent of all 3.  Two older kids are claimed by their other parent each year by way of form 8332.  I indicated this on my taxes and TT still gave me EITC using one of my older kids as a dependent.  The other parent is now taking me to court to try to have me amend my taxes and not claim the EITC as he was unable to file his taxes and claim the boys as his dependents for Tax Credit (he doesn't qualify for EITC) bc their SSN were already used on my taxes.  

Is one parent allowed to claim the TC and one the EITC? 

If not, why did TT allow this to happen when I was completing my taxes- when they knew that the kids were being claimed as dependents by the other parent.