maginlee83 I claimed her and they did not take my refund. You are good to go!

The question is not Can I claim her (I know I qualify), it is will my refund be seized since she owes back child support. xmasbaby0 seems to have it right.

Yes, I want to know if I can claim my GF, she is the one who owes back support. I just don't want the GOV to take my refund.

In this case she is not a taxpayer.

The child is both of ours. I will be claiming him. She is a stay at home mom but owes back support so I did not claim her last year but wanted to this year. She...