Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia
My ex husband is requesting a copy of my 2010 tax return because it states in the divorce decree, "IT IS ORDERED AND DECREED that for calendar year 2010, each party shall indemnify and hold the other party and his or her property harmless from any tax liability associated with the reporting party's individual tax return for that year unless the parties have agreed to allocate their tax liability in a manner different from that reflected on their returns.
"IT IS ORDERED AND DECREED that each party shall furnish such information to the other party as is requested to prepare federal income tax returns for 2010 within thiry days of receipt of a written request for the information, and in no event shall the available information be exchanged later than March 1, 2011."
However, I am remarried and my husband will be the one filing for taxes for 2010 since we married last year. My husband is in the military and won't be filing for taxes before March 1, 2011 due to being deployed. So, do I still need to provide him with a copy of the tax return or what does he need a copy of if I do not have it and won't be filing separately? Also, ex husband has not requested this in written form, so is it not valid.
I do not live in the same state, do not have the same number or have the same last name so how does this affect everything as well?
Divorce was filed and finished in Corpus Christi, Texas while my ex husband lived there 6 mths, I was stationed in South Carolina and managed the divorce from there. I am currently in another state.
2 Answers from Attorneys
So, until your former husband makes a request, why worry about it?
(And, if such occurs, you then respond according to what your particular circumstances permit.)
Correction: I meant to say "proper" request, i.e., one in writing.
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