For divorced or separated parents filing taxes, the parent who spends the most nights with a child generally gets to claim the child as a dependent on the tax return. In some circumstances, other ...

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial that a parent who receives child support can no longer claim the child on their taxes. We found no evidence of such a post on TruthSocial or X. Trump ...

Courtney Johnston led the CNET Money team and worked closely with the consumer insights data team. Before CNET, she worked as a graduate writing instructor at the University of Indianapolis and ...

When policymakers talk about child support, they often focus on poverty or delinquency. For decades that focus made sense. The modern child-support enforcement system was built to protect low-income ...