Legal Aid Funding has been substantially cut.
A step father has no legal obligation to support a step child.
If you are responsible for more than 50% of their support, they are a dependent and can be claimed on your income tax as such.
If the husband wants to provide financial support to his wife, he can certainly do it. It is not mandatory, unless it is part of the legal separation or divorce agreement.
The two have nothing to do with each other. If a court has ordered you to pay child support, you have a legal obligation to pay it regardless of whether you file taxes. If you have a certain amount of income, you have a legal obligation to file a tax return, regardless of your child support status.
IRS rules allow a guardian to claim the minor if the guardian provided more than 50% of the minor's support for that tax year.
Only if he has a legal right to one of them.
child support is used for parents who are divorced and have legal custody of the child, so the parent gets money from his/her spouse to help support and raise the child
No. The roommate is not related to you in any legal sense, therefore their income does not come into the picture when figuring your means of child support payments or the receiving of such payments thereof.
Child support is figured at a fraction of your income. If you are young and do not have a good career, money is going to be short. You will need to find roommates, ride the bus and give up the internet/cell phone, among other things, to support your child. It isn't easy, but you should look to all [legal] avenues to find ways to improve your income.
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If he's paying child support for the child.
It is evidence of payment and supports the claim being made. It should be an adequate receipt for the IRS.