Child support is for the children not the parent, why pay child support to someone that the children do not live with or are you saying that you have *legal custody*, but she has *physical* custody.
If that is the case then review the comments above. The IRS and tax laws define custodial parent, for tax purposes, as the parent that the child physically lived with more than half the year - that is not the same a legal custody that a court might award. All of the tax credits are based on physical custody - if the child did not actually live with you, you cannot claim it.
**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.**
