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Jeffac
My question involves child support and claiming a dependent for taxes in the State of: Colorado
Situation: The custody agreement between my ex-girlfriend and I says that she claims our son in odd years an I claim him in even years, unless one of us does not benefit from the dependency claim. She does not have a job and has no income. However, she is getting married in September. So now she will be filing married joint with her new husband who does have a job.
Question: Since the new husband has income, do they get to claim my son as a dependent or do I get the dependency?
As his income is not factored in the child support calculation, it seems like a double standard to allow them to get an exemption for my son now that she is married. My view is that this is a benefit for the new husband and not my ex-girlfriend as his income is being reduced since her income is $0.
Next Question: Can his income be included in the child support calculation?
Also please include your source or reference to said source. Thanks.