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Georgia · 3-4-4-3

3-4-4-3 in Georgia

One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Georgia this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parenting time.

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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 Georgia.

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 AAABBBB
2 AAAABBB

What Georgia expects

Georgia requires a parenting plan in every custody case and is specific about content: it must recite where the child sleeps each night of the year, allocate decision-making by subject, and set out transportation arrangements for exchanges.

Governing law: O.C.G.A. § 19-9-1.

Georgia requires its own form — Parenting Plan (required by O.C.G.A. § 19-9-1). Agree your terms first, then transcribe them onto it.

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.

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