Tennessee · 4-3
4-3 in Tennessee
The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. In Tennessee this is written into a Permanent Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called residential time.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | A | B | B | B |
What Tennessee expects
Tennessee requires a Permanent Parenting Plan on the state's own form in every case with minor children — it must designate a primary residential parent, allocate residential time by day count, and specify a dispute-resolution process.
Governing law: Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-404.
Tennessee requires its own form — Permanent Parenting Plan Order. Agree your terms first, then transcribe them onto it.
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.