Massachusetts · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Massachusetts
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Massachusetts this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parenting time.
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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 Massachusetts expects
Massachusetts presumes shared legal custody at the temporary-order stage; shared physical custody is decided on the facts.
Governing law: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 31.
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.