Custody schedule builder
Pick a common schedule (2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, alternating weeks or every other weekend) or make your own, add holidays and summer, and see a full year of parenting time with each parent’s share of nights. Print it or add it to your phone’s calendar. Free, no sign-up, and nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Your 12-month calendar
Parent A: 186 nights (51%) · Parent B: 179 nights (49%)
Each day shows who has the child that night. Starts 2026-10-10. Planning aid only, not legal advice.
Dots mark holidays and summer weeks. A screen reader summary: Parent A 186 nights, Parent B 179 nights over the next 365 days.
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Questions about custody schedules
What is a 2-2-3 custody schedule?
In a 2-2-3 schedule, one parent has the children for 2 nights, the other parent for the next 2 nights, and then the first parent for a 3-night weekend. The next week the order flips, so each parent has 7 nights every two weeks.
What is a 2-2-5-5 schedule?
Each parent has the same 2 weeknights every week (for example, one has Monday and Tuesday, the other Wednesday and Thursday), and the parents alternate 5-night blocks that include the weekend. It's an equal split with predictable school nights.
Which 50/50 schedule is best?
There's no single best schedule. Parents usually weigh the children's ages, school, how far apart they live, work hours and how well they can handle frequent exchanges. A mediator can help you compare options and agree on one.
Is this a legal parenting plan?
No. This is a planning aid. A parenting plan that a court will approve usually needs more, such as decision-making, communication and exchange details, and some states require their own forms. Check your state's requirements or talk to a family lawyer.
Planning aid only, not legal advice. Parenting plan rules and forms differ by state; see how mediation works in your state and our guide to child custody mediation.