After reviewing p501 it seems as if my daughter's mother can not legally claim our daughter. My ex moved out on 1 May and we all lived together from 1 Jan - 30 Apr (I paid all of the expenses to include 100% of the child care). My ex moved out and we split time with our daughter 57% to my daughter's Mom and 43% to me. I remained paying 100% of the day care expense for the Month of May and then my daughter's Mother removed her from that day care when she had her. Since then ~1 Jun we have paid for our own day care providers separately.
In my review if my daughter resided in my home for the majority of the year I can claim her as a depended and receive 100% of the child care deductions for 2017. That is why my daughter's mother is trying to get me to sign the 8332 because she wants to make the claim instead of me.
If this is all correct I should just file my taxes claiming my daughter as a dependent. Am I understanding this correctly, or is there something else I am overlooking?
