North Carolina · 4-3
4-3 in North Carolina
The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. In North Carolina this is written into a Parenting Agreement, where time with a child is called visitation.
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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 North Carolina.
The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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
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.