My husband works and I stay home to take care of our 3 and 4 year old children. We reside in California which is a common property state. Last year we both worked and I filled out an injured spouse form because he owes back child support for a child from a previous marriage. Part of our return was offset and we still received a portion of the return.
My question is even though I did not work this year we filled a joint return and filled out an injured spouse form. Will we still receive a portion of the return? Wouldn't we still get our child tax credit because these are "my" children and I owe nothing for his previous children? Would they take my kids child tax credit and give it to some other children depriving them?
Any insight into this issue would be appreciated. Thank you.