Children and taxes

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Well my husband filed our taxes the other day through a tax preparer. The guy filed our taxes electronically. The next day he calls us and tells us that our taxes have been kicked back due to the fact that someone else has already claimed our children. We know that their step father was the one that claimed them. Their mother passed away in August so their step father claimed them when filing thier taxes. However the children were in our care since June 22. We picked the children up on the 22nd and their mother was admited to the hospital on the 25th. She remained in the hospital until she passed away. So the children have been in our care and custody since the 22nd. Anyway we know that we can claim them on our taxes and that we have to have a meeting with the IRS and prove that they have been with us since then. The IRS basically told us that it is not a problem that we will be able to claim them and he will have to pay back the IRS. So anyway, my question to you is first of all, would you be mad? Second of all would you warn the step father that he will have to meet with the IRS and more than likely have to pay the IRS back, or would you just let it go and let him deal with it when it happens?