Filing MFS in a Community Property state - long

[Buckeye]

I was under the assumption that a "decent dad's" highest priorities include adequately providing for the family.

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[Buckeye]

I just spoke to my best friend's cousin who is a tax accountant in WA and he confirmed my sister can file with just her W-2 income, split the mortgage insurance and taxes (required because house is community property), and claim her daughter. He says she needs to be the first to file, which was her intention.

Tax accountant also says my BIL will have to prove to the IRS why he deserves to claim my niece if he wants to claim my niece after my sister has already claimed her. This is an impossible task for him.

Now just waiting for a W-2 and a 1098.