Connecting Nests

Missouri · 4-3

4-3 in Missouri

The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. 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 57/43 — about 209 and 156 nights a year.
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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

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.

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