Vermont · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Vermont
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Vermont this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called parent-child contact.
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The rotation
| Week | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | A | A | B | B | B | B |
| 2 | A | A | A | A | B | B | B |
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
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.