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West Virginia · 4-3

4-3 in West Virginia

The child is with one parent four nights a week and the other three, on the same days every week. In West Virginia this is written into a Parenting Plan, where time with a child is called custodial responsibility.

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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 West Virginia.

The rotation

A = one parent, B = the other. Each cell is one overnight. This rotation divides regular school-year overnights 57/43 — about 209 and 156 nights a year.
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What West Virginia expects

West Virginia allocates 'custodial responsibility' and, since 2022, applies a presumption of approximately equal time. Its statute lists required plan contents.

Governing law: W. Va. Code § 48-9-201 et seq..

West Virginia requires its own form — Parenting Plan. Agree your terms first, then transcribe them onto it.

The honest trade-off

The most predictable schedule on this list — every week is identical, so there is no odd/even week to track and no calendar needed after the first month. It's also the natural on-ramp to 50/50: shifting a single night makes it 3-4-4-3.

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