Parenting Plan Builder
Build the schedule, count the overnights, stress-test the plan
Florida requires a parenting plan covering time-sharing, decision-making, health care, school, and communication (§ 61.13). This builder organizes those decisions and exports a review-ready summary — the official format is Form 12.995(a).
Wired to the law it implements
Retrieved live from the source-locked corpus — never generated.
1 · Time-sharing schedule
Pick a starting rotation, then tap any night to customize. Two weeks define the repeating pattern.
Repeating 2-week pattern
Parent A overnights / yr
183 (50%)
Parent B overnights / yr
182 (50%)
§ 61.30 time-sharing method
Gross-up applies
Florida law starts from a rebuttable presumption that equal time-sharing is in the child's best interests (§ 61.13) — the court decides based on the child's best interests, not this grid. Overnight counts feed the child support engine.
2 · Holidays & breaks
Holiday schedules override the regular rotation. Undecided items are the ones that become post-judgment fights — decide them now.
| Holiday | Arrangement |
|---|---|
Winter break Split in halves, alternate halves by year, or alternate the full break. | |
Spring break Commonly alternated by even/odd year. | |
Summer schedule Many plans switch to a different rotation in summer, with vacation weeks for each parent. | |
Thanksgiving Commonly alternated by year, Wednesday release through Sunday. | |
Mother's Day Commonly with the mother regardless of rotation. | |
Father's Day Commonly with the father regardless of rotation. | |
Child's birthday Alternate, share the day, or celebrate on each parent's own time. | |
Parents' birthdays Optional — some plans leave these to the regular schedule. |
3 · Decision-making
Florida plans commonly use shared parental responsibility; specific areas can be allocated when parents can't reach agreement.
Education / school choice
Non-emergency health care
Extracurricular activities
Religious upbringing
4 · Parenting Plan Stress Test
The issues courts and reviewing attorneys commonly check. This doesn't say what a court will approve — it says what a complete plan addresses.
Plan summary
Rotation: 2-2-3 rotation
Overnights: A 183 / B 182
Holidays decided: 0/8
Stress test: 0/10
This builder organizes decisions; it does not produce a court form. The official parenting plan format is Form 12.995(a) (12.995(b) for safety-focused plans) at flcourts.gov. Educational information, not legal advice.