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Indiana · Week-on / week-off

Week-on / week-off in Indiana

The child spends one full week with each parent, switching on the same day every week. In Indiana 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 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 AAAAAAA
2 BBBBBBB

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

The simplest 50/50 schedule to run and the easiest to explain to a child — but a week is a long time away from a parent for a young child, and one forgotten backpack can strand a school project for seven days. Most plans using it add a midweek dinner or call with the other parent.

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