My ex pays the rent for my place in spousal support since we have 3 children together, how does that work when it comes to who claims the rent? What do we do?

[TurboTaxJennifer · Accepted solution]

If your former spouse pays the rent instead of paying actual child support, you can still claim the rent. It's essentially just "cutting out the middle man". Instead of paying you the child support and then you pay the rent, the rent is just being paid directly.