Good Friday Custody Schedules for Seeing Your Child

Good Friday is a bank holiday in the U.K. and lands on the Friday directly before Easter Sunday.

It is a Christian holiday to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and many Christians observe this by fasting and praying.

Others have fun with British traditions like eating hot cross buns for breakfast and fish and chips for dinner.

For kids, Good Friday is normally the start of the two-week Easter school break. For parents, it is the start of a long weekend, as most workplaces are closed.

With Easter festivities and the start of the school holiday landing together, things can get hectic. Plan the schedule for seeing your child in advance using one of these popular options.

Popular Good Friday schedules

Split the long Easter weekend

Easter Friday is part of Easter weekend, so you might agree to split the entire long weekend evenly.

This is a good option for parents who commit to dividing holiday time evenly or who want to maintain a specific division of time. (You can use the Custody X Change parenting time calculator to see how holidays affect your timeshare.)

In this roughly equal division, one parent has the children from 09:00 Friday to 09:00 Sunday. Then, the children stay with the other parent until 09:00 Tuesday.

Divide Good Friday only

If you don't want to change your standard weekend schedule, consider dividing Good Friday only. The kids spend the morning with one parent and the afternoon with the other.

You could do something similar for Easter Monday and leave your weekend residence and contact schedule as-is.

Assign fixed holidays

You can have the kids celebrate certain holidays with the same parent every year, based on each parent's preference.

For example, if only the mother observes Good Friday, the dad may agree to give the holiday to her every year.

In exchange, the kids might spend every Easter Sunday or every Spring Bank Holiday with dad.

The easiest way to make a holiday contact schedule

There's a lot to think about when you build a holiday schedule. You'll want it to address weekend and midweek holidays, reflect special occasions unique to your family (like birthdays) and work for years to come.

The Custody X Change app makes it easy. Just open your Custody X Change calendar and follow our steps to make a holiday schedule.

To make a residence and contact schedule quickly and affordably, turn to Custody X Change. In no time, you'll have written and visual versions that include the holidays you care about.