Connecting Nests

Missouri · 2-2-3

2-2-3 in Missouri

Two nights with one parent, two with the other, then a three-night weekend that alternates. Over two weeks it comes out even. In Missouri this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called custody time.

Build this plan for Missouri — free

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

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 AABBAAA
2 BBAABBB

What Missouri expects

Missouri requires each party to file a proposed parenting plan, and the statute is unusually prescriptive — it enumerates the required contents down to how the exchange happens and how expenses are allocated.

Governing law: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.310.

Missouri requires its own form — Proposed Parenting Plan (required by § 452.310). Agree your terms first, then transcribe them onto it.

The honest trade-off

No long gap between seeing either parent, which is why it's the most common 50/50 schedule for little kids. The cost is exchanges — six a fortnight, roughly double most other schedules — so it only works when handoffs are calm and the drive is short.

Other schedules in Missouri