North Carolina · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in North Carolina
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In North Carolina this is written into a Parenting Agreement, where time with a child is called visitation.
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Laws change; confirm current requirements with a licensed attorney in North Carolina.
The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | B | B | B | B |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | B | B | B |
What North Carolina expects
North Carolina requires custody mediation in most contested cases before a hearing — parents typically arrive at mediation with a draft agreement, which is exactly this document's job.
Governing law: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.2.
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.