Stephen Russell wrote: > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:29 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My ex-wife claimed both our kids on her tax return this past 2 years. I >> accept that as she's got majority custody of them for now, but I just >> wondered what the tax deduction amount she got per kid. Looks like $3,650 >> per child for 2008 but this page >> (http://taxes.about.com/od/2008taxes/qt/quicktaxfacts08.htm) seems to >> indicate $3500 correctly. And on top of that, her "economic stimulus" >> check was affected by the kids as well, right? > ------------------------------------ > > Yep. Not much you can do about it. You see them weekly or monthly? > She has them 24x7 and she gets the coin because of it. Sucks but not > much you can do about it. >
Oh I don't mind that so much. I've accepted that she gets that and I have no problem with that. But now she wants me to get health insurance for them also (in addition to hers) so that she doesn't have to pay anything out of pocket after her insurance pays for its part. I'm contemplating whether that's acceptable or not, especially given that I pay the child support she wanted monthly, she gets the tax credits, plus I buy them things completely outside of those official payables (like school clothes, money for other things, etc.). I'm all for fair, but this seems to be a bit more than fair. She only lets me have them every other weekend, or 26 times per year, plus 2 weeks that overlaps some of those weekends, so I probably have them 56 days per year. By math, that's LESS THAN 20% of the time...not even 16% really. I wanted them more but she didn't allow that to happen. Unbelievable. The cost of me picking up those 2 kids additionally on my health insurance I'm thinking would cost me an increased amount of $xxxx per year, and while my kids are worth any amount to me, I just think that's asking for more than what's fair. I told her that rather than put the kids on my insurance, I'd just split the out of pocket cost with her evenly. I think that sounds more fair. This is the same woman who wanted me to put my 16 y/o daughter on my auto insurance so she didn't have to pay a penny for her to drive, and yet when I asked the auto insurance company about it, they said that the person where the child resides must carry the child on their policy. I know she hated that when I told her, and guess what...my daughter is nearly 17 and there's no plan to get her licensed. Why? Because she refuses to pay for anything beyond the absolute bare basics for those kids. Sad, but definitely true from my POV. I swear--anywhere this woman has to pay a penny for anything that's not for her is scrutinized beyond belief and then some to the point of ad nauseum. I'm all for being frugal and wise with your money, but she tortures pennies to the point of death looking like a reasonable alternative. Ok...perhaps that's a bit extreme...but you get the point. And she's not starving for money, either. She's not rich, but she's nowhere close to poor either. Her mantra in life has always been to just do "good enough" but I think my kids deserve better than her minimums. What do you think? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
