Louisiana · Alternating weekends
Alternating weekends in Louisiana
The child lives primarily with one parent and spends every other weekend with the other. 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 | A |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
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
Long the default in American courts, and still the most common order — but twelve days can pass between weekends, and the weekend parent rarely sees a school night or a homework fight. Most plans soften it with a midweek dinner.