Minnesota · 4-3
4-3 in Minnesota
The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. In Minnesota 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 | A | B | B | B |
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
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.