SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
RULE 3
FAMILY COURT
B. PARENT/CHILD TIME SHARING PERCENTAGES
(1) Time Sharing Arrangements Days %
a. 1 weekend per mo. 24 7
b. 1 extended weekend per mo. 36 10
c. 2 weekends/mo 48 13
d. 1 weekend/mo + 1 evening/ wk 50 14
e. Alternate weekends 52 14
f. Alternate weekends + 2 wks summer 67 18
g. Alternate weekends & ½ holidays + 2 wks summer 69 19
(If CP has 2 wks over summer too, then) 67 18
h. Two extended weekends/ month 72 20
i. Alternate weekends + 1 evening/wk 78 21
j. Alternate weekends + 1 overnight/wk 104 28
k. Alternate extended weekends 78 21
l. Alternate weekends & ½ holidays + 4 wks summer, 77 21
(with alternating weekends continuing in summer,
and makeup if weekends lost due to the 4 weeks)
m. Alternate weekends & ½ holidays + 4 weeks summer 75 21
(with no alternating weekends all summer)
n. Alternate weekends & ½ holidays + ½ summer 82 22
(with or without alternate weekends in the summer)
o. Alternate extended weekends + 1 evening/ wk 104 28
p. Alternate extended weekends + 1 overnight/wk 130 36
(1) Time Sharing Arrangements (continued) Days %
q. Alternate weekends & ½ holidays, 1 evening/wk 103 28
+ 4 wks summer (with alternating weekends
continuing in summer, and makeup if weekends
lost due to the 4 weeks)
r. Alternate weekends and 1 evening/wk 104 28
when school is in session, +½ school vacations
s. Three days/wk 156 43
(2) Definitions
a. Weekend -6 P.M. Friday – 6 P.M. Sunday (2 days)
b. Extended Weekend -School closing Friday – school opening Monday
(3 nights, 2 days)
c. 1st & 2nd; or 2nd & 4th - Same as Two Weekends per month
Weekends
d. 1st & 3rd, and alternating -Same as Alternate Weekends
5th Weekends
e. Afternoon -After school until evening without dinner (1/4 day)
f. Evening -After school – after dinner
(½ day; 1 evening/wk = 26 days/year)
g. Overnight -School close mod-week – School opening next day (1 day)
(1 day; 1 overnight/week = 52 days/year)
h. Holidays -New Year’s, President’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas, (½ holidays = 5 days/year)
i. Summer -10 weeks (70 days); some schools may vary, such as those using an all year calendar
j. School Vacations -Summer, 2 wks Christmas, 1 wk Spring, (13 wks/year, ½ vacations = 45.5 days/ year, not counting subtraction of NCP’s ordinary alternate weekend and mid-week visits and CP’s cross visits)