Connecting Nests

Indiana · 3-4-4-3

3-4-4-3 in Indiana

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

Build this plan for Indiana — free

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

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 Indiana expects

Indiana's Parenting Time Guidelines are the default baseline statewide — plans are usually written as the Guidelines plus agreed variations, so name the Guidelines explicitly.

Governing law: Ind. Code § 31-17-2-8; Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines.

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.

Other schedules in Indiana