Examples of Child Custody Schedules

Experienced Bay Area Family Law Attorneys will tell clients about the variety of custody schedules that can best suit your child. One schedule that I like is the 2-2-5-5 schedule.  Here are some advantages and disadvantages of that schedule. 

Advantages

•       Great for children under age 5 who have equally good attachment to both parents.

•       Okay for temperamentally even-keeled children between ages of 5 to 12.

•       Regularly recurring and consistent plan.

Disadvantages

•       Particularly for children under age 5, this plan may require the child to be away from the more involved parent for 5 days at a time.

•       If there is already a lot of conflict, the transitions between parents’ households are stressful particularly for immature children.