Standard Visitation Schedule

Recommended by Thomas F. McDow1

The noncustodial parent shall have such visitation as the parties may agree.2 If the parties are unable to agree, then the following visitation schedule shall apply.3

Weekends

If the noncustodial parent is the father, then he shall have visitation on the first and third weekends of each month from 6:00 p.m. Friday until 6:00 p.m. Sunday. If there is a federal holiday or a holiday at the school attended by the child, then the weekend shall be extended to include the holiday. For example, if Friday is a holiday, then visitation would start Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and if Monday is a holiday, then visitation would end Monday at 6:00 p.m. The noncustodial parent shall also have the fifth weekends during the first and third quarters of each year.

If the noncustodial parent is the mother, then she shall have visitation on the second and fourth weekends of each month from 6:00 p.m. Friday until 6:00 p.m. Sunday. If there is a federal holiday or a holiday at the school attended by the child, then the weekend shall be extended to include the holiday. For example, if Friday is a holiday, then visitation would start Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and if Monday is a holiday, then visitation would end Monday at 6:00 p.m. The noncustodial parent shall also have the fifth weekends during the second and fourth quarters of each year.

The first weekend is any weekend on which Friday falls on the first through the seventh days of the month, the second weekend is any weekend on which Friday falls on the eighth through the fourteenth days of the month, the third weekend is any weekend on which Friday falls on the fifteenth through twenty-first days of the month, the fourth weekend is any weekend on which Friday falls on the twenty-second through twenty-eighth days of the month, and the fifth weekend is any weekend on which Friday falls on the twenty-ninth through thirty-first days of the month. The first quarter includes the January, February, and March; the second quarter includes April, May, and June; the third quarter includes July August, and September; and the fourth quarter includes October, November and December.

Spring Break

The (custodial)(noncustodial)4 parent shall have the spring break from 6:00 p.m. the last day of school until 6:00 p.m. the day before school resumes. This overrides the regular weekend schedule.

Thanksgiving Holiday

The (custodial)(noncustodial)5 parent shall have the Thanksgiving Holiday from 6:00 p.m. the last day of school until 6:00 p.m. the day before school resumes. This overrides the regular weekend schedule.

Christmas Vacation

The custodial parent shall have exclusive custody from 2:00 p.m. December 18 until 2:00 p.m. Christmas Day. This overrides the regular weekend visitation schedule.6

The noncustodial parent shall have from 2:00 p.m. Christmas Day until 2:00 p.m. New Year's Day. This overrides the regular weekend visitation scheduled.

Summer Vacation

The noncustodial parent shall have (four)(five)(six)7 consecutive weeks visitation with the children commencing with that parents first weekend visitation at the end of the school year and ending on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. (four)(five)(six) weeks later, except that the custodial parent shall have the weekends that he or she would have had on the weekend schedule above.

Transportation

Unless the parties agree otherwise, all exchanges for custody and visitation shall occur at the homes of the parties. The noncustodial parent shall pick up the child at the home of the custodial parent at the beginning of visitation. The custodial parent shall pick up the child at the home of the noncustodial parent at the conclusion of visitation.