Q: Is it true that a divorced mother always gets to declare the children as her dependents in her taxes in Florida?
A: Nope. Under Federal Tax law the majority parent gets to claim the children, but a state divorce court can, and usually does, order parents to split or rotate the child related tax credits assuming child support is current.
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A: The federal tax code states that that parent that has majority timesharing is supposed to claim the child. In divorce and custody cases the Court has the ability to order the parties to rotate claiming the child for tax purposes.
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