Georgia · Alternating weekends
Alternating weekends in Georgia
The child lives primarily with one parent and spends every other weekend with the other. In Georgia 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 | A | B | B | A |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
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
Long the default in American courts, and still the most common order — but twelve days can pass between weekends, and the weekend parent rarely sees a school night or a homework fight. Most plans soften it with a midweek dinner.