Maine · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Maine
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Maine this is written into a Parental Rights and Responsibilities Order, where time with a child is called contact.
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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 Maine expects
Maine abolished 'custody' terminology — the statute allocates 'parental rights and responsibilities' and provides for shared, sole, or allocated arrangements.
Governing law: 19-A M.R.S. § 1653.
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.