Louisiana · 4-3
4-3 in Louisiana
The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every 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 | 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
The most predictable schedule on this list — every week is identical, so there is no odd/even week to track and no calendar needed after the first month. It's also the natural on-ramp to 50/50: shifting a single night makes it 3-4-4-3.