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Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated51st Judicial Circuit - Henderson Family Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
51st Judicial Circuit - Henderson Family Court
Appendix a
KY RHFC App. B
Appendix B
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HENDERSON COUNTY
VISITATION GUIDELINES
SPECIFIC PARENTING TIMES AND PROVISIONS
The following schedules are suggested as guidelines for the parents and the court in establishing time-sharing/visitation schedules. Each case will present unique facts or circumstances which shall be considered by the court in establishing a time-sharing/visitation schedule and the final schedule established by the court or agreed to by the parents may or may not be what these guidelines suggest.
It is encouraged for the parties to communicate and work out a schedule that is conducive to the child, as well as the parents. The parenting times which will follow are in no way meant to be the maximum parenting time available to the non-residential parent.
1. Weekends. The non-residential parent shall be entitled to a minimum of every other weekend as parenting time with the child. Weekends shall begin on Friday and, if possible, end on Monday morning. At the end of set parenting time, the non-residential parent shall deliver the child to the appropriate day care provider or deliver the child to school.
2. Mid-week Visitations. The non-residential parent shall be entitled to a minimum of six (6) hours mid-week parenting time with the child. This mid-week parenting time may be taken in one (1) or more days.
3. Holidays. The holidays of New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day shall be either alternated or shared between the parties. Whenever possible, the Thanksgiving Day holiday shall be shared so as to allow the child to have Thanksgiving Day with one parent and the Friday following Thanksgiving with the other parent. The holidays of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, and Labor Day, and any other days off from school which would occur on a Monday, shall merely attach to the preceding weekend and whichever parent has the child for that weekend shall have the child for that holiday as well.
(a) In the odd numbered years, the custodial parent has New Years Day, Easter and Christmas Day; and the non-custodial parent has July 4th, Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. In the even numbered years, the schedules are reversed. Memorial Day and Labor Day attach to the preceding weekend.
(b) A holiday that falls on a weekend should be spent with the parent who is scheduled to have the children for that holiday. The rest of the weekend is to be spent with the parent who would normally have that weekend. These do not have to be made up.
Other days of special meaning, such as religious holidays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, etc., should be decided together, written into the Court Order, and alternated as above.
(c) Hours for parents who cannot agree are as follows:
New Year's Day
9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Easter
9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
July 4th
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the next day
Thanksgiving
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the next day
Christmas Eve
9:00 p.m. Dec. 23 to 9:00 p.m. Dec. 24
Christmas Day
9:00 p.m. Dec. 24 to 9:00 p.m. Dec. 25
(d) The holiday parenting time schedule shall take precedence over regularly scheduled and extended parenting time. Extended parenting time takes precedence over regular parenting time unless otherwise indicated in these guidelines.
4. Christmas. It is encouraged for both parents to communicate and to try and arrange amicable schedules for the Christmas holiday. Christmas Eve shall be defined as being from 9:00 a.m. on December 23rd until 9:00 p.m. on December 24th. Christmas Day shall be defined as being from 9:00 p.m. on December 24th until Christmas Day at 9:00 p.m. The parents shall alternate having the child on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
5. School Intersessions. School intersession shall be divided between the parents equally.
6. Vacations. Both parents shall have the opportunity to have the child with them for vacation period. Up to four (4) non-consecutive weeks of vacation shall be allowed for the nonresidential parent.
7. Mother's Day and Father's Day. All the children shall be with the appropriate parent on the appropriate holiday. Unless otherwise agreed, the non-residential parent shall have the child in their physical custody on the appropriate day from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
8. Child's Birthday. Both parties shall be allowed an opportunity to have the child for the child's birthday. The child's birthday shall be alternated, with the non-residential parent having all the children on each child's birthday in even numbered years from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., unless the birthday falls on a school day, in which case, it shall be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. In all odd numbered years the non-residential parent shall have all the children on each child's birthday on the day before the child's birthday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., unless the birthday falls on a school day. If it falls on a school day, then the non-residential parent shall have all the children on each child's birthday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
9. Scheduling of Summer Vacation. The parties shall confer by May 1st of each year to determine how the summer vacation for the child or children shall be shared. If there are conflicts, then those conflicts shall be made known to the other parent no later than May 15th of each year. If the parties are unable to agree upon an amicable schedule, then either party may petition the court for a specific schedule.
WEEKENDS: Alternate weekends from Friday at 5:30 p.m. until Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
MID-WEEK: One (1) evening each week, Wednesday, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
WAITING: The children and custodial parent have no duty to await the visiting parent for more than 30 minutes of the visitation time. A parent who is late forfeits visitation for that period. The custodial parent or acceptable representative must be home at the return time to receive the child.
CANCELLATIONS: If a child is ill, the custodial parent should give 24-hour notice, if possible, so appropriate plans can be made. The non-custodial parent should give 24-hour notice to cancel. The time cancelled by the non-custodial parent is forfeited. Time lost for the child's illness should be made up.
VACATIONS: Four (4) weeks of visitation to be taken in two (2) non-consecutive two (2) week periods each year are to be arranged with advance notice by the non-custodial parent by May 1st. The custodial parent must give the non-custodial parent notice of vacations or special plans for the child, to avoid planning conflicts, by May 15th.
(a) Summer school necessary for the child to pass to the next grade must be attended.
(b) A general itinerary should be provided for the parent if vacation will be out-of-town.

Credits

HISTORY: Adopted effective May 17, 2012.
Henderson Family Court App. B, KY R HENDERSON FAM CT App. B
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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