my husband has two boys from his previous marriage, the kids live with their mom in Japan. Every month my husband paid $1700+ to the kids but the kids don't come visit us; after the divorce, my husband barely talked with his ex, not to mention to have her to sign any document to agree us claiming the kids as dependents; plus Japan doesn't respect US laws. From all the resources online seems like we cannot deduct the child support, however $1700/month is not a small number. is there anyway we can deduct this?
