Each child's eligibility must be established separately.
The child loves more than the mother.
no
It's rare for the custodial parent to have to pay child support, but it does happen. It usually only occurs in one of three situations: 1. The custodial parent makes significantly more than the non-custodial parent. 2. Parenting time is split 50/50 (or close to it). Or 3. The non-custodial parent is paying additional expenses for the child, such as high health-care premiums or child care costs. Your state may have other exceptions to the rule, but yes, exceptions do exist and the custodial parent is sometimes required to pay child support to the non-custodial parent.
The tiebreaker rule for a qualifying child is used to determine which taxpayer is eligible to claim certain tax benefits if more than one taxpayer could claim the child. The tiebreaker rules prioritize the parent over a non-parent, the parent who the child lives with for more than half the year, the parent with the higher Adjusted Gross Income, and finally, if no parent can claim the child, the taxpayer with the highest Adjusted Gross Income.
A parent can have a closer bond with one child versus the other. Sometimes one child might be sicker than the other requiring more of the parents time. The parent might like one over the other because the child listen to the parent and get along with it better.
Not if the parent is being denied access.
inheritance is largely due to chance!
No way I can think of.
No. The biological father can give up his rights and if your husband then want to be more than a step parent, who have no rights to the child, can adopt your child. Or not, that is your choice as the parent.
Yes, a parent can still claim a child who is in prison as a dependent if the other IRS dependency requirements are met. The child must have received more than half of their support from the parent and meet other criteria.
Not if the obligor parent still lives in the state or origin.
First it's 12,000. Second, per parent - (2 parents = 24K yr) Per child - as many as you've got.