Arizona · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Arizona
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Arizona this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parenting time.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | B | B | B | B |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | B | B | B |
What Arizona expects
Arizona replaced 'custody' with 'legal decision-making' in 2013. A statutory parenting plan must state each parent's rights and responsibilities, a schedule including holidays and school vacations, and a dispute-resolution procedure.
Governing law: A.R.S. § 25-403.02.
The honest trade-off
Exchanges land on the same two days every week, which makes it easy to remember, and no one waits more than four nights. The trade is that which parent has the weekend flips each week, so weekend plans need a two-week memory.