Connecting Nests

Vermont · 2-2-3

2-2-3 in Vermont

Two nights with one parent, two with the other, then a three-night weekend that alternates. Over two weeks it comes out even. In Vermont this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parent-child contact.

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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 Vermont.

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 AABBAAA
2 BBAABBB

What Vermont expects

Vermont uses 'parental rights and responsibilities' and 'parent-child contact'. Notably, Vermont courts cannot order shared legal responsibility over one parent's objection.

Governing law: 15 V.S.A. § 665.

The honest trade-off

No long gap between seeing either parent, which is why it's the most common 50/50 schedule for little kids. The cost is exchanges — six a fortnight, roughly double most other schedules — so it only works when handoffs are calm and the drive is short.

Other schedules in Vermont