Extra kids?/Affadavit of support

[princessmiaa 0]

If you are a guardian to a child or children not yours biologically, and the parents still have legal rights to the child/ children, do you have to claim them as a part of your dependents when you do the Affidavit of Support?Or only your biological children?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

If you are a guardian to a child or children not yours biologically, and the parents still have legal rights to the child/ children, do you have to claim them as a part of your dependents when you do the Affidavit of Support?Or only your biological children?

Do you claim them on your tax returns?

[princessmiaa 0]

Do you claim them on your tax returns?

I have in the pass but not in 2 years for one of them and only one time for the other what does that mean ..do I have to include them in my household since they are not mine?

[pushbrk 12,892]

I have in the pass but not in 2 years for one of them and only one time for the other what does that mean ..do I have to include them in my household since they are not mine?

Only if they are on your most recent tax return.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

I have in the pass but not in 2 years for one of them and only one time for the other what does that mean ..do I have to include them in my household since they are not mine?

First, what did the guardenship papers from the court entail, second if you filed for the children on any tax papers then you accepted financial responsibility for them. The child that is no longer being filed, is it because they are filing a seperate tax for themselves.

Edited December 24, 2011 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[princessmiaa 0]

First, what did the guardenship papers from the court entail, second if you filed for the children on any tax papers then you accepted financial responsibility for them. The child that is no longer being filed, is it because they are filing a seperate tax for themselves.

NO THE CHILDREN ARE STILL MINOR BUT ONE OF THEM THE MOM FILES FOR HER AND THE OTHER ONE I DID FILE WITH LAST YEAR.. BUT HIS MOM HAS HIM A LOT NOW.

[princessmiaa 0]

Only if they are on your most recent tax return.

oK THANKS SO THE ONE CHILD CLAIMED LAST YEAR, WILL BE ADDED AS A DEPENDENT? THE OTHER CHILD I DO NOT INCLUDE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT FILED WITH THAT CHILD SINCE 2009? AM I GETTING IT RIGHT?

[pushbrk 12,892]

oK THANKS SO THE ONE CHILD CLAIMED LAST YEAR, WILL BE ADDED AS A DEPENDENT? THE OTHER CHILD I DO NOT INCLUDE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT FILED WITH THAT CHILD SINCE 2009? AM I GETTING IT RIGHT?

Yes, unless what ends up being used is a 2011 tax return. That might change the answer.

[princessmiaa 0]

First, what did the guardenship papers from the court entail, second if you filed for the children on any tax papers then you accepted financial responsibility for them. The child that is no longer being filed, is it because they are filing a seperate tax for themselves.

THE PAPER STATES GUARDIAN OVER ALL MEDICAL AND SCHOOLING DECISIONS FOR THE CHILDREN, BUT THE PARENTS HAVE RIGHTS AND CAN STILL STEP IN. tHE CHILDREN ARE BOTH MINORS AND i FEEL LIKE MY LOVE FOR HELPING IS GOING TO AFFECT MY BEING WITH MY FIANCE

[VanessaTony 3,567]

THE PAPER STATES GUARDIAN OVER ALL MEDICAL AND SCHOOLING DECISIONS FOR THE CHILDREN, BUT THE PARENTS HAVE RIGHTS AND CAN STILL STEP IN. tHE CHILDREN ARE BOTH MINORS AND i FEEL LIKE MY LOVE FOR HELPING IS GOING TO AFFECT MY BEING WITH MY FIANCE

Please stop typing in all CAPS. It's considered yelling and is really annoying to read.

Read the I-864 instructions for household size. If you didn't claim any of the children on your 2010 tax return then you don't need to include them in the household size. If they were your children it would be a different matter though.

[princessmiaa 0]

Please stop typing in all CAPS. It's considered yelling and is really annoying to read.

Read the I-864 instructions for household size. If you didn't claim any of the children on your 2010 tax return then you don't need to include them in the household size. If they were your children it would be a different matter though.

Hey sorry about the caps, bad habit right? Anyway, I did claim only one for 2010 so I will place him as a dependent even if I am not claiming him for 2011?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Hey sorry about the caps, bad habit right? Anyway, I did claim only one for 2010 so I will place him as a dependent even if I am not claiming him for 2011?

I would as that's what the instructions say under "how to count household size".