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If this is in regards to deducting the health insurance, you can deduct your children's health insurance even if the other parent is claiming the children as dependents. If they are not going to be claimed as dependents on your return, removing the children is the safest choice to avoid issues. See the following from IRS Publication 502:
Child of divorced or separated parents. For purposes of the medical and dental expenses deduction, a child of divorced or separated parents can be treated as a dependent of both parents. Each parent can include the medical expenses he or she pays for the child, even if the other parent claims the child's dependency exemption, if:
If this is in regards to deducting the health insurance, you can deduct your children's health insurance even if the other parent is claiming the children as dependents. If they are not going to be claimed as dependents on your return, removing the children is the safest choice to avoid issues. See the following from IRS Publication 502:
Child of divorced or separated parents. For purposes of the medical and dental expenses deduction, a child of divorced or separated parents can be treated as a dependent of both parents. Each parent can include the medical expenses he or she pays for the child, even if the other parent claims the child's dependency exemption, if:
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