@Anonymous wrote:
My wife and I have been separated for 4 years and we have a daughter and she lives with her. I am disabled and my daughter receives a monthly check for me being disabled. My ex has two other children by a man she is living with. My wife/exwife does not work. The payments that my daughter gets is roughly $600 mth. My question is , Can the man that lives there where my child resides claim my daughter as a dependent on his taxes for anything? We do not have anything from the courts saying who has custody or anything of the sort. I also purchase my daughters clothing and any school needs she may have. My daughter also stays with me every weekend and almost every other week. My ex also receives help from DSS also.
That depends on a lot of facts that you have not posted. If your ex is required to file a tax return then only she could claim the child. If she is not required to file a tax return then an unrelated person can possible claim the child provided that child lived with him the entire year, and he paid more than half of her total support for the year and her gross income for the year was less than $4050, however money from Social Security or disability does not count.
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
