Connecting Nests

Montana · 2-2-3

2-2-3 in Montana

Two nights with one parent, two with the other, then a three-night weekend that alternates. Over two weeks it comes out even. In Montana 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 Montana.

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 Montana expects

Montana abolished custody terminology entirely — the statute speaks only of parenting plans and requires a final plan to address residential schedule, decision-making, and dispute resolution.

Governing law: Mont. Code Ann. § 40-4-234.

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 Montana