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Larry Ferreira (larryf@sr.hp.com) wrote:
: Anne P. Mitchell Esq. (shedevil@vix.com) wrote:

: : [Note that I am cross-posting this to the child support and fathers'
: : rights groups, as I believe it is of relevence to their scope of topic]



: :                             Even then, Int.Rev.Code 152(e)(2) has been
: : interpreted to require that even under this circumstance, the NCP
: : would need the CP to sign the waiver of deduction.

: In my divorce settlement it states that I am the one that can claim my
: two children as dependents.  I make a copy of this statement and send it
: in with my tax forms.

: When the IRS first required the waiver form I actually got my ex to sign
: it.  She only agreed to check the "one year" box, even though the divorce 
: decree stated otherwise.  The following year she started complaining and
: refused to sign the form.  That's when I started sending copies of my
: divorce decree.  I've done this for the past 4 or 5 years and not had any
: problems with the IRS.  (I hope there is no need for me to worry.  It seems
: legal to me.)

Your post implies that your order predates the waiver.  If that's the case
is it a pre-1985 order?   Mine is.  If so, then you can claim the exemption.

If both of you had claimed the dependency, one or both of you would have
heard by now.  As long as it only gets claimed once, you should be fine
(at least if those older filings included the children's SSN's).

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