North Dakota · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in North Dakota
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following 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 | A | B | B | B | B |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | 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
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.