My ex and I have 50/50. It works because we are civil. I never go the full 7 days without seeing the boys at practice, games, and he will let me pick them up and take them to the park, birthday parties etc. I do the same for him. We switch Saturday at noon that way we get a weekend night with them each week. Holidays are done by even/odd years and we have split holidays like I have them half the day on Easter and he has them half the day on Easter but we work that out without the court. No child support. We split sports and school down the middle. If ever we can't agree, we each have to pay half for a mediator. It's worked for us. It's dependent on civility though. I think that's where our success comes from.

DH and BM used to have 50/50 with stepdevil. At first, they allowed her to go back and forth between their homes every other day because they lived so close to each other (1/2 mile). Then, when DH and I got serious and moved into our own place together about 5 miles down the road, she would spend one week at our place, then go to her mom's for one week.

Not me but a close friend has 50/50 for an 8 year old.

They switch once a week. Every Monday morning one drops her off and the other parent picks her up. The school is about 10-15 miles away from both.

I think they pretty much stick to that except for the major holidays. The one that has Thanksgiving dosn't have Christmas.

I've got about a 60/40 split but it is not court-ordered. We've jsut worked it out.

Basically, the kids are ALWAYS with me on Mondays and Tuesdays and always with him on Thursdays. They stay with me on Wednesday if it is his weekend (Fri - Mon morning) or they go to him if it is my weekend. When there is a Monday off of school, we see if the other one might have the day off and if not, we just take turns managing them.

We don't have a special spring break or summer schedule, we just keep the same basic schedule. If one of us has family in town or want to go on a trip, we just ask in advance.

We alternate Christmas eve/Day, New Years eve, and Thanksgiving. i have them on Mom's day, he has them for Dad's day.

We do. All exchanges are done at school, if it is summer or some sort of school break, we exchange at noon.

We have a rotating schedule
week1 MON, TUESDAY, FRI, SAT
week2 SUN, TUES, WED
rotating from there
week1 MON, TUESDAY, FRI, SAT
week2 SUN, TUES, WED

The judge called it "typical 2,2, 3 schedule" meaning the child is with each parent 2 on 2 of then 3 on...

We've got 50/50 with SD6. I hate it for her. She feels like she doesn't live anywhere. Because, really? She doesn't.

She comes here every day after school. On our weeks, which go Friday to Friday, she stays here after school on Friday and is here the whole next week. Then we send her to school on the next Friday and after school she comes here, but her mother picks her up after work. On BM3's week, SD6 still rides the bus here but BM3 picks her up after she gets off work, around 5:30 most days.

We didn't get specific in the court order about holidays and stuff....generally we just stick with "week on/week off", but if there are a few exceptions. If BM wants her for Mother's Day, that's a no brainer. She makes sure DH gets her for Father's Day every year. We aren't Christians here, but BM3 is, and so is SD6, so we make sure she gets to celebrate all Christian holidays with BM and their side of the family. Conversely, BM makes sure we have her for our family celebrations, which are usually close to big Christian holidays. They do Christmas, we do Solstice. They do Easter, we don't. We celebrate both the winter and summer solstice and they don't. We've never had difficulty working it out. I mean, BM is a bitch sometimes, but we just ignore her til she pulls it together. She's bipolar so it doesn't take long.

DH has 50/50. They switch on Sundays at 5. They used to have 50/50 with DH having SMT, BM had WTF, and exchanges were either Saturday at 1700 or Sunday at 1000 and Wednesdays after school. That changed because neither parent had a full weekend with their kids and no one could really make any long weekend plans. The full week on week off is definitely working out better. As for holidays they follow an even/odd schedule that they decided on when they divorced.

We had 50/50 for years. One week on and one week off. Monday they would get on the bus at one house and off at the other. No communication needed between the parents. As for holidays, if it was on your week, you got it, if not, you didn't. If a kid was sick on your week, it was your problem. There was no mingling anything. We didn't even let them take anything back to the other house unless it was their school backpack or a DS or Phone.

Love 50/50.

DH and BM have 50/50, two weeks on and two off. I hate 50/50 as a rule. The kids don't really feel like they have a home.

On the positive side, with two weeks at a time rather than one, I feel that they have more time to settle into each home and get into a good routine. With one week at a time, I imagine the kids don't have time to settle in before it's off to the next house.

The two weeks they're with us DRAG, for DH too, admittedly. The skids are SO high maintenance. They can't do anything without one of us being right on top of them and going through things step by step. The two weeks off are heavenly, but way too quick!

I have always had full physical custody of BS16. He typically goes to spend one day and night per week with his dad, who lives with his parents. (BS actually goes to see his grandparents, LOL).

Oh, I didn't answer all the questions!

Random holidays go to whoever happens to have the kids that week. Major holidays are outlined in the custody order, with Christmas and Easter being split and Thanksgiving alternated. Mother's Day is with Mom and Father's Day is with Dad. (Except not this ywear, as Father's Day falls on our anniversary weekend and we're taking a mini vacay!)

Our summer schedule is the same, two weeks on and two off. They exchange homes on Friday, where they're picked up by whoever has them at school. That way, BM never has to come to our house and we don't have to risk getting shot while driving through the ghetto to her house! It used to be Sunday, but the skids would come from BM's utterly exhausted (no bedtimes) and without any homework done, so it was changed to Friday so they could spend the weekend recovering and catching up on HW.