I have two children (under 3), they live with me and their father but we are not married so we filed separately. I claimed them for 2020, he is claiming them for 2021, per our agreement to switch off years that we can/are allowed. I got their stimulus payments because they were on my taxes in 2020, but then his taxes prompted that he's going to get the recovery rebate since he is claiming them and didn't get the money for them. My children are very young, so we aren't much used to dealing with dependents and the rules which is why this never crossed my mind. We have otherwise super simple taxes and paying someone $400+ (between us both) to file them just didn't seem the logical thing. So we went ahead and left it be, figuring he would set that money aside so if it has to be repaid by me then it is there for that. Will they make me re-pay it? I cannot find anything online about this situation when it is a person remaining a dependent but being switched to being claimed by someone else. All I see is that if they were a dependent for 2020 but then weren't for 2021 then they can get their own rebate and the original filers don't have to pay back, but I can't find out if it is the same for dependents just switching to being claimed by someone else!
