You can claim all the medical and other expenses that you pay for the child and for yourself as an itemize deduction.Note that medical expenses that are over 7.5% of your adjusted gross income is deducted as part of itemized deduction.
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You can claim the medical expenses that you pay for the child even if your ex claims the child.
A child of divorced or separated parents is treated as the dependent of both parents for purposes of deducting medical expenses
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