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Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated46th Judicial Circuit - Breckinridge, Grayson and Meade Domestic Relations Rules

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
46th Judicial Circuit - Breckinridge, Grayson and Meade Domestic Relations Rules
KY BGMDR App. B
Appendix B
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TIME-SHARING/VISITATION GUIDELINES
FOR THE 46TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
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.
1. The time-sharing/visitation schedule set by the Court for holidays, school breaks and summer break shall control over regularly scheduled time-sharing/visitation time, even if this allows successive time-sharing/visitation periods.
2. The parent exercising time-sharing/visitation shall be responsible for timely picking up the child(ren) at the beginning of the time-sharing/visitation period and returning the child(ren) in a timely manner at the end of the time-sharing/visitation period.
3. Times in a time-sharing/visitation schedule shall be set in the time zone where the child primarily resides.
4. For time-sharing/visitation times pertaining to school holidays, whether in a formal school or home-schooled, the school holidays where the child(ren) primarily resides shall apply.
5. Each parent shall provide to the other parent contact numbers and addresses (unless a domestic violence order is in effect) where the child(ren) can be located during their scheduled lime-sharing/visitation time.
6. The parent exercising time-sharing/visitation shall be given a minimum of every other weekend as time-sharing/visitation time with the child(ren) commencing Friday at 6:00 p.m. and concluding Sunday at 6:00 p.m. and one midweek overnight time-sharing/visitation on Tuesday evening overnight commencing at 5:30 p.m. The parent having such time-sharing/visitation shall be responsible for delivering the child(ren) to school, child care, or the other parent's home the following Wednesday morning no later than 7:45 a.m.
7. Holidays.
a. If a holiday is celebrated on a Monday following a parent's regularly scheduled time-sharing/visitation, then that parent shall be permitted to extend parenting time until 6:00 p.m. on the holiday, unless the parents agree otherwise.
b. Other holidays.
(i) Parent exercising time-sharing/visitation.
1) During the first full year after dissolution/custody proceedings have been filed, the non-residential parent shall have time-sharing/visitation scheduled as follows:
a) July 4th from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
b) Thanksgiving, beginning at 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until 3:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
c) For the year in which the Decree of Dissolution is entered, and each alternate year thereafter, the Christmas visitation shall begin at 6:00 p.m. the last day of school immediately prior to the Christmas vacation and shall extend through Christmas Eve at 8:00 p.m. The second year, and each alternate year thereafter, visitation shall begin at 8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve and shall extend through noon on New Year's Day.
d) Holidays not listed that are of special interest to the family shall be assigned to the non-residential parent in time amounts similar to those in a), b) and c) above.
2) Holiday time not scheduled above to the parent exercising time-sharing/visitation shall be with the other parent.
3) Mother's Day and Father's Day, regardless of any conflict with the above proposed schedule, shall be spent with the appropriate parent from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
4) Fall Break, as allowed by the child(ren)'s school calendar, shall be scheduled for the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides in the first full year after the dissolution/custody proceedings are filed from 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until 6:00 p.m. the following Friday. In alternating years, the non-custodial parent Fall Break shall be scheduled with the non-custodial parent from 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until 6:00 p.m. the following Friday. If school breaks are longer than one week due to the school schedule, the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides shall be scheduled for the first half of the break and the other parent shall be scheduled for the last half.
5) Spring Break, as allowed by the child(ren)'s school calendar, shall be scheduled for the non-custodial parent in the first full year after the dissolution/custody proceedings are filed from 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until 6:00 p.m. the following Friday. In alternating years, the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides, Spring Break shall be scheduled with the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides from 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until 6:00 p.m. the following Friday. If school breaks are longer than one week due to the school schedule, the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides shall be scheduled for the first half of the break and the other parent shall be scheduled for the last half.
6) Summer Break shall be scheduled to allow the parent exercising time-sharing/visitation a minimum of two periods of two consecutive weeks during the Summer Break. Each parent shall provide the time periods he or she desires to the other parent before the end of the school year, or at least 60 days in advance of the requested time. If a child(ren) must attend summer school in order to pass to the next grade, summer time-sharing/visitation shall not prevent school time.
7) Birthdays: Unless the birthday falls on a regularly scheduled time-sharing/visitation day, the parent exercising time-sharing/visitation shall be scheduled for birthday time from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. If it is a regular day of the parent exercising time-sharing/visitation where the child(ren) does not primarily reside, the other parent shall have birthday time from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
(ii) Alternating years: For each year thereafter, the time-sharing/visitation set out above shall alternate between the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides and the parent exercising time-sharing/visitation.
8. Waiting/Tardiness/Cancellations.
a. In the event either parent will be more than 30 minutes late, due to reasonable unforeseen circumstances, to pick up the child(ren), he or she shall provide direct notice to the other parent or a designated third party and make suitable arrangements for exchange of the child(ren).
b. If time-sharing/visitation is missed through no fault of the parent, and reasonable notice has been given, that time shall be made up, if reasonable to do so.
c. If the child(ren) is ill, the parent who has the child shall give 24 hour notice, if possible, to allow for appropriate plans to be made.
9. Transportation: The parents shall transport the child(ren) in a safe manner, which includes utilizing the appropriate child restraint systems and not driving under the influence of intoxicants.
10. Holiday time-sharing/visitation shall override conflicting provisions of any othr1 Time-Sharing/Visitation Guidelines of the 46th Judicial Circuit.

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HISTORY: Adopted effective May 4, 2012. Amended effective June 6, 2014.

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So in original.
Breckinridge, Grayson and Meade Domestic Relations App. B, KY R BRECKINRIDGE DOM REL App. B
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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