Setting up a parenting time schedule is an enormous task for divorced and separated parents. Many times, parents aren’t even sure how to begin making the schedule. The most frequent question asked is if there are any common example parenting time schedules. To help with this answer, we’re going to provide a series of posts that show some common schedules. In this first post, we’ll start by looking at some parenting time schedules where the child lives primarily with one parent and visits the other parent (these are also called sole custody schedules).
Every Weekend
In this parenting time schedule, the child lives with one parent during the week and has visitation with the other parent every weekend.
Alternating Weekends
The child lives with one parent during the week and on alternating weekends. The other parent has visitation on alternating weekends.
Alternating Weekends with an Evening Visit
The child lives with one parent during the week and alternating weekends. The other parent has the child on the other weekends and for one evening visit during the week. Parents can have the visit on any evening, and they can also have visits on multiple evenings during the week.
Alternating Weekends with a Weekly Overnight Visit
This parenting time schedule is similar to the one above, except that instead of an evening visit, it is an overnight visit. Again, parents can choose what day of the week to have the overnight and there can be multiple overnight visits. Or parents can have an evening visit and an overnight visit during the week.
In the next post, we’ll look at some more sole custody schedules with some variations on weekend time.