Pennsylvania · Alternating weekends
Alternating weekends in Pennsylvania
The child lives primarily with one parent and spends every other weekend with the other. In Pennsylvania this is written into a Custody Agreement, where time with a child is called physical custody.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | A | B | B | A |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
About that numberThis figure counts the weekend rotation only. Most alternating-weekend plans also split holidays and give the other parent two to four weeks in summer, which brings the real annual share closer to 20% — the figure usually quoted for this schedule.
What Pennsylvania expects
Pennsylvania grades custody into named forms — sole, shared, primary, partial, and supervised physical custody — and its relocation statute (§ 5337) has strict notice requirements worth writing into the plan.
Governing law: 23 Pa.C.S. § 5323.
The honest trade-off
Long the default in American courts, and still the most common order — but twelve days can pass between weekends, and the weekend parent rarely sees a school night or a homework fight. Most plans soften it with a midweek dinner.