{"id":20011,"date":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:14:48","slug":"tax-implications-of-a-divorce-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/personal-tax-planning\/tax-implications-of-a-divorce-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"Our divorce decree states that my ex-spouse can claim one of our children each year, yet I pay 100% of their support. Ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t follow the divorce decree, claiming dependent children outside the parameters of your divorce decree, your ex-spouse might have a legal claim against you. This is a matter of legal interpretation and beyond the scope of the help we can offer you.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming you are the custodial parent, you must release your claim to a dependency exemption for the children who live with you. You&#8217;ll do this for the noncustodial parent to claim your children. You&#8217;d qualify to claim them if both of these apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You don&#8217;t release the claim to the dependency exemption.<\/li>\n<li>Your children meet the all requirements to qualify as divorce dependents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already released your right to claim your children, you can revoke the release. Do this by providing your ex-spouse a completed copy of Form 8332, Part III. If you can&#8217;t provide a copy of the revocation to your ex-spouse, you must at least make a reasonable effort to do so. The revocation won&#8217;t be effective until the tax year after the year you provide the revoke release.<\/p>\n<p>Your ex-spouse might have cause to bring legal action against you if one of these is true:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You refuse to sign a release for a dependency exemption you were required to sign under your divorce decree.<\/li>\n<li>You revoke a release you were legally obligated to give your spouse under a divorce decree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t follow the divorce decree, claiming dependent children outside the parameters of your divorce decree, your ex-spouse might have a legal claim against you. This is a matter of legal interpretation and beyond the scope of the help we can offer you. 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