u/New-Patient-101

Long story short. My son’s mother repetitively, keeps claiming my son as a dependent on her taxes. Over the years I’ve had to take time off work, go to the irs building to verify my identity. Constantly prove I have full custody of my son. She did it again this year and every time she does it I have to paper file through the mail. She never gets repercussions for it and it makes filing taxes more and more aggravating every year. Is there seriously nothing I can do about it. I know some people will say “file before she does”. But the women hasn’t worked, ever. Somehow gets checks from the state. I’m usually waiting for W-2 in February- March sometimes, And work ALOT. I only have another year or two of filling my son and after that he’ll be on his own career path. I don’t depend on the rebound but he might as a young man. What happens when she files him as a dependable and he’s trying to claim himself. It’s 2026, there’s not a better way yet?