Tennessee · Alternating weekends
Alternating weekends in Tennessee
The child lives primarily with one parent and spends every other weekend with the other. 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 | A |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
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
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.