By Corrine Bylund

When you are divorced, or in the process of divorce, your filing status and your deductions aren’t as sure as death and taxes.

In this article, we'll address the three most common questions facing divorced, or divorcing, couples when it comes to taxes:

• What is my filing status?
• Who gets to claim the children as dependents?
• Is child support tax deductible?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Isn't a judge the only one with the power to mandate someone to freeze assets, not my ex's attorney?
• My ex wife did not ask for or get part of my retirement at the time of our divorce. Can she still try and get a part of it now?
• My girlfriend and I had a daughter in October. Who has the legal right to claim our daughter?
• What are the differences between primary placement, joint legal and joint physical custody?
• How do you end temporary custody?

Question:

I got divorced about 3 years ago. Both of us have remarried. She got sole custody of our kids with me paying 100% of their support, health insurance and co-pays. Now she is saying she has the right to claim both kids on their taxes and I don’t. Is this true?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Which state has jurisdiction in a divorce, the one we currently live in or the one we were married in?
• Is a judge allowed to order me to not discuss the case or anything regarding the case with my son?
• My wife knows my intent to retire soon. If we get divorced, can she keep me from retiring?
• Do I have a say in how the child support I pay is used?
• Who gets the dependency deduction for our child?
• How do I submit medical bills to my ex for reimbursement without him finding out where we live?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Can my wife move out and take our kids with her if we're going through a divorce?
• If my ex wife and I get remarried, and she owes back child support to me, can we get the amount reduced or voided completely?
• Can my parental rights be terminated without my permission?
• Can my ex continue to drag me back to court every two months to try and get more child support?
• My wife and son are living in another state while we're separated. When I go to visit him,         can I take him to another place as long as it's within state boundaries?
• Do I have the right to claim my child as a dependent if my ex and I have joint custody and I          pay child support?
• If I marry a woman with kids from a previous marriage and then we end up getting a divorce,          am I required to pay child support for her children?