🏘️ Two homes
Custody schedules, compared
The patterns co-parents use most, with the numbers worked out: how many nights a year at each home, how often children change homes, and the longest time away from each parent.
| Schedule | Split | Nights a year (A / B) | Changeovers / 2 weeks | Longest stretch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternating weeks (7-7)A full week at each home, changing over on the same day every week. | 50/50 | 183 / 182 | 2 | 7 nights |
| 2-2-3 scheduleTwo days, two days, three days, then the pattern flips the next week. | 50/50 | 183 / 182 | 6 | 3 nights |
| 2-2-5-5 scheduleEach home has the same two weekdays every week; weekends alternate into five-day blocks. | 50/50 | 183 / 182 | 4 | 5 nights |
| 3-4-4-3 scheduleThree nights then four at one home, four then three at the other. | 50/50 | 183 / 182 | 4 | 4 nights |
| Alternating weeks with a midweek overnightA week at each home, with one overnight at the other home in the middle of each week. | 50/50 | 183 / 182 | 6 | 4 nights |
| 4-3 scheduleFour nights at one home and three at the other, the same every week. | 57/43 | 209 / 156 | 4 | 4 nights |
| 5-2 schedule (school week and weekends)School nights at one home and Saturday and Sunday nights at the other, every week. | 71/29 | 261 / 104 | 4 | 5 nights |
| Every other weekend plus a midweek overnightAlternate weekends (Friday to Sunday) at the second home, plus one weekday overnight there every week. | 64/36 | 235 / 130 | 6 | 6 nights |
| Extended every other weekendAlternate long weekends, Thursday to Sunday nights, at the second home. | 71/29 | 261 / 104 | 2 | 10 nights |
| Every other weekendMostly at one home, with alternate weekends (Friday to Sunday nights) at the other. | 79/21 | 287 / 78 | 2 | 11 nights |
Nights are counted over 365 nights of the regular pattern, before holidays. Child-support rules and parenting agreements differ by place; this is general information, not legal advice.
TaskFamily runs any of these schedules (or one you paint yourself): each home sees the right tasks, swaps need approval, and a calm brief arrives the night before every handoff.
Free for one household. The Co-parent plan covers both homes for $19 a month - $9.50 each when two parents split it.