There are as many different visitation schedules as there are people with children who get divorced. There is such a thing as standard visitation, but what the "standard" is depends on the county, the lawyers and the judges. I can write a visitation schedule almost anyway conceivable. Most custody situations entail one party having physical custody and the other party having visitation. A typical visitation schedule is every other weekend from 6:00 p.m. on Friday to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Some lawyers write in terms of first, third and fifth weekends, and mid-week visitation is often included. I like the every other weekend scenario better because I think it is easier to remember. A good way to give the non-custodial parent more time with the children is to move the return time to the following Monday morning and/or pushing the commencement time back to Thursday. Some parents try "week on/week off" visitation schedules, but it takes a very special couple to make this work. Holidays are usually shared from even to odd years, and there is usually a provision for an extended time for visitation during the summer. Below you will find a standard provision for custody and visitation.

The parties agree that they shall share legal custody of their minor child, but the Wife will have the primary physical custody, subject only to the Husband's visitation with the minor child every other weekend beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and ending at 8:00 a.m. on the following Monday. The Husband shall also have the right to have visitation for one night during the week that he does not have weekend visitation, as mutually agreeable between the parties, but in the event they cannot agree, on Wednesdays beginning at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 8:00 a.m. the following day.

The Husband shall have additional visitation regardless of otherwise scheduled custody/visitation, as follows: