Connecting Nests

Kentucky · 3-4-4-3

3-4-4-3 in Kentucky

One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Kentucky 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 Kentucky.

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 Kentucky expects

Kentucky's 2018 law created a rebuttable presumption that joint custody AND equally shared parenting time are in the child's best interest — the strongest equal-time presumption in the country. Plans start at 50/50 and argue away from it.

Governing law: KRS § 403.270.

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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