Claiming children on taxes

[ginger71]

What is the name of your state? MI

Which parent gets to claim the child on income taxes? There is no court order in the divorce. There is joint custody. The parent with primary physical custody has been claiming child every year. Should this be rotated every other year? How do you go about doing this?

 

[tigger22472]

What is the name of your state? MI

Which parent gets to claim the child on income taxes? There is no court order in the divorce. There is joint custody. The parent with primary physical custody has been claiming child every year. Should this be rotated every other year? How do you go about doing this?

Unless there is a court order saying differently the IRS will tell you the person providing 51% of the care claims the children and in most(if not all cases) this means the CP can claim the children.

 

[LdiJ]

Unless there is a court order saying differently the IRS will tell you the person providing 51% of the care claims the children and in most(if not all cases) this means the CP can claim the children.

Correct. The parent with primary physical custody has the right to the tax exemption until a judge orders otherwise.....or unless the parent with primary custody agrees to allow the other parent to claim the child, and provides a signed for 8332.