North Dakota · 2-2-5-5
2-2-5-5 in North Dakota
Each parent has the same two weeknights every week, and the weekends alternate — so each parent gets a five-night block every other week. In North Dakota this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parenting time.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | B | B | A | A | A |
| 2 | A | A | B | B | B | B | B |
What North Dakota expects
North Dakota replaced custody with 'residential responsibility' and 'decision-making responsibility', and its statute lists the specific matters a parenting plan must address.
Governing law: N.D.C.C. § 14-09-30.
The honest trade-off
The best of both worlds for many families: every Monday-Tuesday is Mom's and every Wednesday-Thursday is Dad's (or the reverse), so activities and childcare land on the same days forever, and nobody goes more than five nights without the child. Fewer exchanges than 2-2-3 and far more predictable than alternating weeks.