North Dakota · 4-3
4-3 in North Dakota
The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. In North Dakota 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 North Dakota.
The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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
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.