Free tool
Parenting-time calculator
Courts and child support guidelines count overnights — not days, not hours. Two schedules that feel about the same can land on very different numbers.
One letter per night. A = your nights,
B = the other parent's. Type the whole repeating cycle —
e.g. AABBAAA is one week.
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your share—
your nights a year—
their nights a year
What this is and isn't
This counts the regular rotation you type in. Holidays, summer, and school
breaks sit on top of it and can move the annual number a long way. It's
arithmetic, not legal advice — your state may also measure time in a way
that's specific to its own guidelines.
Build a plan around this schedule
Common schedules and their splits
- Week-on / week-off — 50/50, about 182 / 182 nights a year
- 2-2-3 — 50/50, about 182 / 182 nights a year
- 2-2-5-5 — 50/50, about 182 / 182 nights a year
- 3-4-4-3 — 50/50, about 182 / 182 nights a year
- Alternating weekends — 86/14, about 313 / 52 nights a year
- Alternating weekends plus a midweek overnight — 71/29, about 261 / 104 nights a year
- Standard Possession Order (1st / 3rd / 5th weekends) — 86/14, about 313 / 52 nights a year
- 4-3 — 57/43, about 209 / 156 nights a year
- Long-distance (school year and breaks) — 80/20, about 292 / 73 nights a year
- Nesting (birdnesting) — 50/50, about 182 / 182 nights a year
- Supervised parenting time — 93/7, about 339 / 26 nights a year
- Every weekend — 71/29, about 261 / 104 nights a year