Someone joining the Army has a son, is not married to the mom and is a non custodial parent?

Is that child considered a dependent to the non custodial parent? Im thinking yes since the non custodial parent pays child support. Am I right?Someone joining the Army has a son, is not married to the mom and is a non custodial parent?
child support has no bearing in a tax return. only the custodial parent can claim the child.Someone joining the Army has a son, is not married to the mom and is a non custodial parent?
By the IRS standard to claim the child as dependent the parent must provide more that 50% of the child's support (so paying child support not necessarily means he can claim it as dependent).





Only one parent can claim the child as dependent; and the custodial parent have priority.
For tax purposes, the custodial parent has first choice to claim the dependency exemption. The custodial parent could let the non-custodial parent claim the exemption with written permission (like Form 8332) or by court order.
not necessarily.





for tax purposes in order to qualify as being your dependent you would have to provide more than 50% of the child's financial support. In most cases child support doesn't cross that line.
normally u r not allowed to join the army if u have a child. u can be in the army when u have the child but cant join after that. i think the child will live with his mom
';Dependent'; for what purpose? Military dependent benefits? Claiming on taxes?