Texas · 2-2-5-5
2-2-5-5 in Texas
Each parent has the same two weeknights every week, and the weekends alternate — so each parent gets a five-night block every other week. In Texas this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called possession and access.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | B | B | A | A | A |
| 2 | A | A | B | B | B | B | B |
What Texas expects
Texas vocabulary is unlike any other state: parents are 'conservators' (usually Joint Managing Conservators), time is 'possession and access', and the statutory default is the Standard Possession Order — commonly 1st/3rd/5th weekends. Plans are written as the SPO, an Expanded SPO, or an agreed variation.
Governing law: Tex. Fam. Code § 153.252 (Standard Possession Order).
The honest trade-off
The best of both worlds for many families: every Monday-Tuesday is Mom's and every Wednesday-Thursday is Dad's (or the reverse), so activities and childcare land on the same days forever, and nobody goes more than five nights without the child. Fewer exchanges than 2-2-3 and far more predictable than alternating weeks.