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Tax Dependency

David Siegel: Any other particular topic that you want to cover in terms of custody, support, and visitation?

Jesse Barrientes: We could continue to talk more and more about that.

David Siegel: I think an important one before we go, and we just have a minute, would be the tax dependency, because this is a big deal, especially if you've got both parents that are working. Can you talk briefly about how that works?

Jesse Barrientes: Generally, the courts, what I've seen them do, is divide them up, and they do an alternating system. Basically I have one of the children, then you have one of the children, and then when the older child gets emancipated where I can no longer claim him, what will happen is we'll alternate years for that younger child, and that kind of equalizes it out unless one parent isn't working, or making a certain amount of money. Then they'll give it to the Joliet parent that's making more and paying child support.

David Siegel: So the court tries to do equity?

Jesse Barrientes: Right, but one last thing real quick is they'll take that amount in to account in terms of child support calculations, just so you know.

David Siegel: Thank you Jesse. Thanks for joining us on Legal Action. We handled divorce and family law, custody support, and visitation. We'll see you next time.

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