Hello, I am a divorced dad. At the time, we had two children. Part of the decree was that each parent was able to claim one child per year until the oldest aged out. The oldest filed their own taxes last year preventing me from claiming them on my taxes. Regardless, last year would have been my final year to them as they are now aged out. The other parent claimed the younger child last year. I sent them the form to allow me to claim the youngest child on my current taxes. However, they are refusing to sign the paperwork as they claim that I was able to claim the oldest child last year. However, due to the oldest child filing their own taxes, I was blocked from claiming them. Also, because the decree says after the oldest ages out, each parent would claim the youngest child every other year. Regardless of the me not able to claim the oldest child last year, would not the every other year for the youngest child be for my current tax year? In other words, does the other parent get to claim for two years ,the youngest child, in a row before the every other year starts?
The amount is significant in the amount owed vs refunded if I cannot claim the youngest child this year.
