Re: IRS and Child Support for 18 yr old

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Get the court order out and read it.

If the court order doesn't say "shall" then he does not have
to pay, unless the laws of your state provide otherwise.

"Should" does not mean "must". Shall means must.

For answers to your tax questions, consult a CPA or contact
the IRS.

On 1/16/10, Marieaddthree wrote:
> TX. Father was awarded rights to claim our oldest child
> for IRS. Last yr. she turned 18 in March and graduated in
> May. He reduced child support paid, starting in June.
> Daughter still lives with me and is going to college. In
> our orginal decree it stated if child goes to secondary
> school, support should still be paid. Father has had
> support reduced twice since orginal decree. On these
> documents it does not state anything about secondary
> schooling, only how much support will be lowered as each
> child reaches the age of 18.
>
> A. Since she is now 18 and he paid less then 1/2 yr of
> support, in 2009, can I now claim her on my IRS?
>
> B. Shouldn't he have still been paying child support on
her
> this entire time, since she is attending college?