SUPPORT TEST: CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS
01.Core Concepts
• For post-1984 divorce decrees, custodial parent entitled to claim child as a dependent. • Noncustodial parent may claim children as dependents if custodial parent signs a “Release of Claim to Exemption”. • If child lives with both parents an equal amount of time, the parent with the higher AGI gets to claim the child as a dependent.