Can a non custodial parent get child tax credit?

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Can a non custodial parent get child tax credit?" if the mom the one she is living with gives right or even if the baby has her dads last name can he claim her? plz say yes
Does the Form 8332 (used to release the exemption to the noncustodial parent) affect the Child Tax Credit? Yes. The Child Tax Credit can only be claimed by the parent claiming the exemption. In this case the noncustodial parent would qualify for the dependency exemption and therefore the child tax credit. Please refer to the Form 1040 Instructions or the Form 1040A Instructions index for Child Tax Credit. The referenced pages will explain who qualifies for this credit, and how to calculate it.


You may be able to claim a child tax credit if you have a qualifying child. A child is your qualifying child if the child:

1. Is a citizen, resident, or national of the United States,
2. Is under age 17 at the end of the calendar year in which your tax year begins,
3. Is your son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, legally adopted child (or a child lawfully placed with you for legal adoption), brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, foster child placed with you by an authorized placement agency or by a court order, or a descendant of any such person,
4. Shares with you the same principal place of abode for more than one-half of the tax year, or is treated as your qualifying child under the special rule for parents who are divorced, separated, or living apart, and
5. Is not treated as the qualifying child of another taxpayer under the special rule for two or more taxpayers claiming a qualifying child or the special rule for parents who are divorced, separated, or living apart.

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