In the UK it is your responsibility to file a tax return if you think you may owe tax but you won't have to pay any tax on child maintenance payments you receive in the UK.
Similarly in the US The person paying child support cannot deduct those payments on a tax return and child support is not included in the income of the person getting the payments.
Absolutely.
Another Perspective
If the only money coming in is child support you do not need to file. Payments designated as child support in a court order are non-taxable for the recipient and non-deductible for the obligor. You can read more about it at the related link.
yes, but not on it.
yes
Of course. In fact, you might have a refund coming.
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Yes you should file an income tax return.
Yes, but you can file a form to get your part. See links
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.
More than likely, yes.
No, you would not be responsible for his back taxes since you did not file jointly but the IRS can put a lien on anything he left you. As far as child support, you are not in any way responsible for that.
There is an IRS form that you can complete so that you are considered free of responsibility for the arrears.
Not if you file the right forms. See links below
I doubt there were many child support laws back then. Normally, only the custodial parent of the child can file for child support, not the actual child.
Technically you can not beat child support unless you are sincerly unable to aford to pay or are in Prison for a national defence.