Virginia · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 in Virginia
One parent has three nights and the other four, then it flips the following week. In Virginia this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called visitation.
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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 Virginia expects
Virginia's statute directs courts to assure frequent and continuing contact and expressly forbids any presumption in favor of either parent.
Governing law: Va. Code § 20-124.2.
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.