From Rick@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 12 10:41:51 2023
Couple is going through a contentious divorce which will not finalize until early 2024. They still will be legally married at end of 2023 and decide independently that each will do a Married Filing Separately return. They
have one child between them and are fighting in the divorce over who will
get custody or if it will be shared custody. They each decide
independently to claim the child on their return. If they each file their return around the same time, what will IRS do? Does the person whose return
is processed first get to claim the child? Or does the IRS initially
approve both and then later comes after one or both parties about both
claiming the same child?
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