Ashirey79
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I'm the custodial parent, noncustodial didn't file 8332

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this. My ex husband and I divorced in 2017. I claimed the kids on my 2017 and 2018 tax return, then I was unemployed so I told him he could claim them. He never asked me to fill out 8332 for the last two years, so I can only assume he's filing as if the kids lived with him, even though they didn't. I think he assumes since he pays child support that that means he's entitled to claim them without any additional forms. I plan to claim them for this coming tax year since I am employed again, but in the meantime, I am applying for a tax credit property apartment and now I'm concerned that I have no proof that they lived with me this entire time. Obviously this is something I'll have to ask the apartment people, and I am going to take my 2017 and 2018 returns with me, plus school records showing they've lived with me. I'm just wondering what kind of liability this could cause, or would the IRS not even notice?