Connecting Nests

Minnesota · 3-4-4-3

3-4-4-3 in Minnesota

One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Minnesota this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parenting time.

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Template for educational use — not legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney in your state. Laws change; confirm current requirements with a licensed attorney in Minnesota.

The rotation

A = one parent, B = the other. Each cell is one overnight. This rotation divides regular school-year overnights 50/50 — about 182 and 182 nights a year.
WeekMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1 AAABBBB
2 AAAABBB

What Minnesota expects

Minnesota's parenting-plan statute lets parents use their own terminology instead of 'custody' labels, provided the plan sets a schedule, decision-making, and a dispute-resolution method.

Governing law: Minn. Stat. § 518.1705.

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.

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