Hal_Al
Level 15

Deductions & credits

"My ex-husband is allowed by divorce decree to claim our daughter as a dependent this year."

 

Even if a divorce decree, dated after 2008, gives the non-custodial parent the right to claim the child, he must still get form 8332 from the custodial parent. A properly worded decree should require her to provide that form. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8332.pdf