Can you claim child support on your taxes?

My ex and I split in 2007 and I moved out with our son. Ever since then, he's been paying me $400/month for child support and we've never been to court. I WAS grateful, but every tax season I start to wonder if we SHOULD go to court. Well, in every year...

My nephew was supported by the state from March 08 (when he was born) through December 08. His father signed his birth certificate but did not live with my sister or nephew the entire year. He did not pay any child support, either officially or unofficially...

Ok so I had custody of our son his how life and now the father thinks that because he pays child support he should claim his child on his taxes to get a refund. Can he claim him as a dependent just on the grounds that he paid child support when he was...

I have a 22 month old daughter and was wondering does her father have legal rights to claim her on taxes without paying child support all year? He gets her every weekend and doesn't pay any child support but maybe $10 every like 4 months and my dad has...

I've a child from a previous marriage from overseas. Although there is no court order I pay for everything (food, foreign school tuition,...etc).I can provide the western unions transactions with my ex-wife name as the receiver. I pay around $ 5000/...

my ex never work i pay $ 300 a month plus 400 medical expenses ,our divorce did not state who can claim the kids i have been doing it ever since they were born now when i went to claim them someone already claim them and i know its not her cause she...

My aunt (mom's sister) has a child whos is 3 yrs old. The child's parents live in mexico but the little girl was born here. They decided they want a better future for her so they asked me to be her guardian so she can come to school here in california...

I did not claim 08/09 and 2010 child support payments, because I did not have income in those years. Can I claim these payments on my 2011 taxes in Canada