Legal Question in Family Law in California

I recently got devorced and we have a 5 year old togather . We have a 50 50 child custody of him but im considered primary i have him earily monday till late friday and he has him late friday to earily monday . With that out of the way i have a question about claiming him on taxes we are filing sepertly this year and i was wondering since im considered primary do i get to claim him on my tax or do we have to get a seperate judjement for that ? I dont get child support either I dont know if that really makes a difference.

He has a lawyer and unfortunately i am not able to afford one and i dont want to get pushed around because i dont know ?

Thank you for your time,


Asked on 2/22/10, 12:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

You need to talk to a local Family Law attorney about this. You are already getting pushed around if you think you have 50/50 custody when you have five days a week custody. You are also already getting pushed around if you are not receiving child support. If you make as much as your ex, you should be able to afford an attorney. If you make significantly less, any good attorney can get most or all of their fees paid by your ex.

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Answered on 2/27/10, 11:38 pm


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