Connecting Nests

South Carolina · 3-4-4-3

3-4-4-3 in South Carolina

One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In South Carolina this is written into a Parenting Plan, 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 South Carolina.

The rotation

A = one parent, B = the other. Each cell is one overnight. This rotation divides regular school-year overnights 50/50 — about 182 and 182 nights a year.
WeekMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
1 AAABBBB
2 AAAABBB

What South Carolina expects

South Carolina requires the court to consider a parenting plan from each parent and enumerates best-interest factors by statute.

Governing law: S.C. Code Ann. § 63-15-240.

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.

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