Vanessa A
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No, you cannot claim it on your taxes. If he is staying primarily with his father, then his father would be the one to claim the childcare expenses as he would be the custodial parent.  The custodial parent (for tax purposes) would be the parent the child lives with longer during the tax year. 

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