If child lives with you claim him, she will have to prove that he lived with her if she does claim him
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Yes you should claim him.
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You need to claim him !!!
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Yes yāall can claim him since he has lived with yāall over 6 months and nothing she can do.
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Is the money worth a fight?
You need to go tobchild support could Iād let her claim him and worry about court
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I am Kenyanā¦what does claiming on taxes mean?
I believe that if you have him 6 months out of the year you can claim him it could be different from state to state
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If the kid lives with you 1 day more than 1/2 the year then you claim them
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The person who has,and provides for the child should be the one who should claim the child. Honestly she donāt deserve it. You did your part.
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What you need to do is go get emergency custody then go to court and prove that you have the child most the time
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Whoever received the child credits needs to claim him. Itās to messy otherwise. She can even give you all some money out of it.
Nxt year & going forward you all claim him.
I would even take it to the court so there is no confusion.
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I dont like dramaā¦ therefore i wonāt claim. I will budget on other part but lazy to attend this situationā¦ not worth it for my inner peace of mindā¦
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It seems like she needs the money a little bit more, and I believe if she received the stimulus checks she needs to claim him.
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You show proof or custody order when you file so if it gets kicked back by the IRS youāve already submitted the proper paperwork to prove you have him. It will likely get kicked back and delay his return so you should file separately and claim your other children so you get that return back in a normal time frame. We used to have every other year for my bonus kids and every year sheād claim them and it would delay but they could see in the paperwork it was his year and gave it to him. Weāve had full custody almost 3 years and we have a feeling sheās going to try again this year because we took her for child support which she refuses to pay.
Everyone getting extra money this year so everyone wants to claim the kids 
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Claim him! But the issue will be if she files first. They will give it to her. I dealt with this for 12 years. My husband and his ex were to switch every other year. He paid child support, paid for almost everything and since she lived off welfare and child support she didnāt have to wait for a W2 and would file the day she could. We tried to fight it child support enforcement did nothing and the irs said she filed first and they donāt get involved. We even went back to court and the court ruled in our favor and she still went against the court order and then the court did nothing to her. So in my case it wasnāt worth it. She was such a loser though that a month after she stopped getting child support she killed herself because she didnāt want to work.
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How bout u mind ur business b ā¦thatās btw the bio parents ā¦not u ā¦
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Claim him. According to the IRS, legally you have the right to claim the child if they live full time with you.
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Claim it. You messed up not holding or following the parenting plan.
I work for a tax services the gov says where ever the child spends the most nights at has the right to claim the child. File him make sure you have documents to prove he lives at your house if she has already filed it will take a while for you to get your taxes back and she will have to pay all that back
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She already broke the agreement when she decided to claim him every year after you had a child. Your child with him had no connection to the financial and other parental obligations your spouse has for his son with her. You had him majority of the year, if you can prove it you can take her to court, not sure, but I think IRS beats a district court system. If you can prove youāve provided for him all year the IRS is going to question why she claimed a child she didnāt have all this time while receiving CTC payments (if sheās getting them). Court can ask why you didnāt let her claim, but why did she lie to a government organization thatās connected to our treasury?..In the end Iād prep court paper work and let her know youāve decided to claim him this year in case she goes off. I understand you want no drama, but the more you try to avoid it there worse itāll be. Sheāll know you want no drama, but at your expenseā¦ you can either fight to get what you deserve, that can also help in whatever extra you step son needs while with you. Or keep not holding her accountable and stuck in the end. Your husband had to pay child support, thatās holding him accountable for his child, she can do the same if heās not living with her. 
just stating my POV, but to each their ownā¦
I mean, legally, yes you should. But does the $1000 credit off your taxes really matter that much to you? To her it probably means a lot more as sheās probably eligible for a lot higher credits for him than you are since sheās a single mom and her ex is married with multiple kids. Thereās only 2 more years he can even be claimed, I donāt think itās worth the drama for $2000.
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Sometimes peace is best.
If heās not going back 2 his mom , why not go 2 court & get custody 
Claim him. And if yāall havenāt already yāall need to have a modification hearing for the protection and best interest of the child
Iād first get the court order revised for you having FT custody and I would claim him given she hasnāt had him - and in the past year sheād get deducted the $1400 and the child tax credits from july-dec which she shouldnāt have received to begin with
Why do ppl ask this question so often when the answer is obvious? Whoever has the child the most out of the year claims the child unless otherwise written in a court order. Claim the child!