Custody schedules, compared

50/50

Week-on / week-off

The child spends one full week with each parent, switching on the same day every week.

50/50 younger kids

2-2-3

Two nights with one parent, two with the other, then a three-night weekend that alternates. Over two weeks it comes out even.

50/50

2-2-5-5

Each parent has the same two weeknights every week, and the weekends alternate — so each parent gets a five-night block every other week.

50/50

3-4-4-3

One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week.

86/14

Alternating weekends

The child lives primarily with one parent and spends every other weekend with the other.

71/29

Alternating weekends plus a midweek overnight

Every other weekend, plus one overnight midweek every week.

86/14

Standard Possession Order (1st / 3rd / 5th weekends)

Texas's statutory default: the first, third, and fifth weekends of each month with the non-primary parent, plus Thursday evenings and a long summer block.

57/43

4-3

The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week.

80/20

Long-distance (school year and breaks)

The child lives with one parent during the school year and spends most of the summer and school breaks with the other.

50/50

Nesting (birdnesting)

The children stay in one home and the parents rotate in and out of it.

93/7

Supervised parenting time

Parenting time takes place with a third party present — a relative, a professional supervisor, or a supervised visitation center.

71/29

Every weekend

The child is with one parent on school nights and the other every weekend.