Custody schedules · 3-4-4-3
3-4-4-3 custody schedule calendar
Three nights with one parent and four with the other, then the reverse the next week. Each parent keeps the same three days every week, and only the day in the middle changes sides. No stretch is longer than four nights. A 50/50 that sits between the 2-2-3 and the 2-2-5-5.
3-4-4-3 custody schedule
Parent A and Parent B · starts Monday, Nov 16, 2026 with Parent A
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
Made with Quilt · quilt.day
Nights
First parent 7 · Other parent 7
of 14 · 50% / 50%
Hand-offs
4 every two weeks
2 a week
Longest stretch
4 nights
First parent 4 · Other parent 4
Who it suits
- ✓Kids in early elementary who need shorter stretches but steadier weeknights
- ✓Parents who want the same days every week, with one day that alternates
- ✓Families where one parent's work week is heavier at the start
What to watch
- !Started on a Monday, the same parent has every Saturday and Sunday; start it on a Sunday to split the weekend
- !The split is 3 and 4 within a week, which is uneven until you look at two weeks together
- !One hand-off is the same day every week; the other moves by a day from week to week
Get this calendar, with the rest filled in
Quilt writes the 3-4-4-3 schedule from your order through next year: holidays by even and odd year, school breaks, hand-off times. It syncs to Google and Apple, the other parent answers change requests in one tap, and the kids see whose house it is on their own device. 30 days free.
Questions about the 3-4-4-3
Is 3-4-4-3 a 50/50 schedule?
Yes. Over two weeks each parent has seven nights: 3 + 4 one week, 4 + 3 the next.
Which parent gets the weekend on a 3-4-4-3?
It depends on the start day, and it does not alternate. Started on a Monday, one parent has Monday to Wednesday, the other has Friday to Sunday, and Thursday changes sides each week, so the same parent has every weekend. Started on a Sunday, one parent has every Sunday and the other every Saturday. Try both start dates in the calendar above.
How is this different from a 2-2-5-5?
The 2-2-5-5 has a five-night stretch; the 3-4-4-3 tops out at four. Both keep the same weeknights fixed for each parent.
Quilt is a scheduling and record-keeping tool, not legal advice. If anything here disagrees with your order, the order governs.
Holidays on this schedule
In most orders holiday time comes ahead of the regular pattern, and the pattern picks up again afterward. These pages show the ways orders usually split each holiday.