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Originally posted by: krayzie
I have lived with my fiancee and her two children for 2 years now. I provide more than half the support for her and her children. One of the children is disabled and is on SSI. My question is whether or not I can claim head of household and also claim my fiancee and her disabled child.
I was reading this. and it seems that I should be able to at least claim her as she had a gross income less than $3,400 last year as she was going to school. I know that for the taxes last year, I did not claim anyone as the check list did not seem to allow me to claim them. This year it seems like I can claim her and perhaps I can claim her disabled child. Does the disabled childs SSI count towards the $3,400 maximum gross income?
On another note my fiancee's ex husband is only allowed to claim the other child, this was decided by the courts. He has only paid about $200 worth of child support in 2007 and I was wondering if this would allow me to claim both children since he is not paying more than half the support. If so what would happen if he and I both claim the same child? From what I read, it seems that he automatically wins since he is the father of the child. I also read though that you must pay for more than half the childs support to claim them.
Thanks for any help!
Your questions are answered in the OP