Louisiana · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Louisiana
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Louisiana this is written into a Custody Implementation Plan, where time with a child is called physical custody.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | B | B | B | B |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | B | B | B |
What Louisiana expects
Louisiana is a civil-law state with its own vocabulary: joint custody orders designate a 'domiciliary parent' with whom the child primarily resides, and an implementation plan allocates physical custody. Do not use common-law custody phrasing here.
Governing law: La. Civ. Code art. 131-136.
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.