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I Have Spent $20,000 In Family Attorney Fees So I Can Have Custody Of My Daughter… Is This Tax Deductible?

27 Oct

I spent $10K in 2008 and so far $10K in 2009…. can i amend my tax return for last yr and use this as an additional tax deduction?

 
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  1. Dazed and Confused

    October 27, 2009 at 4:42 am

    nope – sorry. It is not tax deductable. However, if you won the case, then sue the childs father for the expenses.

     

  2. jockinba

    October 27, 2009 at 4:50 am

    While attorney fees for an adoption are applicable to the adoption credit, attorney fees in a custody agreement of your own child aren’t deductible.
    Besides adoption, the only attorney fees that are deductible are those which generated you income.

     

  3. shoredud

    October 27, 2009 at 5:01 am

    NO! Personal legal fees do not provide any additional deduction.

     

  4. Mathew

    October 27, 2009 at 5:43 am

    Sorry to say no is the answer its a personal matter and is not deductible.

     

  5. Georganna V

    October 27, 2009 at 6:01 am

    No, sorry, that money isn’t tax deductible.

     

  6. Judy

    October 27, 2009 at 6:35 am

    No. Attorney fees for personal matters are not tax deductible.