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    misty0187 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 19, 2008, 08:36 PM
    Carrying my kids
    If my children were adopted out can I still carry them on my taxes
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    Dec 19, 2008, 08:40 PM

    Did you provide more than 50% of there support for the year 2008/ if not then no
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    Dec 19, 2008, 08:41 PM

    If they were adopted you no longer have any claim to them so no,
    The adopting parents would be filing claiming them so it would be fraud if you did too.

    You would have to prove support
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    MukatA Posts: 7,110, Reputation: 176
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    Dec 21, 2008, 03:54 AM

    They must live with you for more than 6 months and you provided more than half of their support. They should not be Qualifying Child of any one else.
    Read about Qualifying Child: Your U.S. Tax Return: Requirements for claiming a dependent
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    Dec 23, 2008, 05:27 AM
    Sorry, but if your children were adopted by someone else, then legally they are not your children anymore! Hence, you cannot claim them on your tax return.
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    Dec 23, 2008, 07:40 AM

    Children who are adopted, are now the legal children of the other person. Only they can claim them.
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