Connecting Nests

Florida · 2-2-3

2-2-3 in Florida

Two nights with one parent, two with the other, then a three-night weekend that alternates. Over two weeks it comes out even. In Florida this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called time-sharing.

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Template for educational use — not legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney in your state. Laws change; confirm current requirements with a licensed attorney in Florida.

The rotation

A = one parent, B = the other. Each cell is one overnight. This rotation divides regular school-year overnights 50/50 — about 182 and 182 nights a year.
WeekMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1 AABBAAA
2 BBAABBB

What Florida expects

Florida uses 'time-sharing', not custody or visitation, and requires an approved Parenting Plan in every case involving minor children. The statute expects the plan to describe how parents share daily tasks, the time-sharing schedule, designation of who handles school and health care, and the technologies used to communicate with the child. Florida moved to a rebuttable presumption of equal time-sharing in 2023.

Governing law: Fla. Stat. § 61.13(2)(b).

Florida requires its own form — Family Law Form 12.995(a) — Parenting Plan. Agree your terms first, then transcribe them onto it.

The honest trade-off

No long gap between seeing either parent, which is why it's the most common 50/50 schedule for little kids. The cost is exchanges — six a fortnight, roughly double most other schedules — so it only works when handoffs are calm and the drive is short.

Other schedules in Florida