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Appendix C. Standard holiday/vacation parenting schedule and model time-sharing/visitation guid...

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated16th Judicial Circuit - Kenton Family Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
16th Judicial Circuit - Kenton Family Court
KY RKFC App. C
Appendix C. Standard holiday/vacation parenting schedule and model time-sharing/visitation guidelines
This Standard Holiday/Vacation Parenting Schedule shall be used as a guideline to form an agreement between the parties. It shall not be used as a default schedule; however, it should be used as a foundation for establishing an agreement between the parties. The schedule ordered by the Court may or may not contain all of the elements of this Schedule or the Model Time-Sharing/Visitation Guidelines appended to the FCRPP and included in this Appendix C.
HOLIDAYS
EVEN # YEARS
ODD # YEARS
AS AGREED, OR
New Year's Holiday*
Mother
Father
12/31, 6:00 p.m.-1/1, 7:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King Day
Father
Mother
Sun., 6:00 p.m.-Mon., 7:00 p.m.
President's Day
Mother
Father
Sun., 6:00 p.m.-Mon., 7:00 p.m.
Easter
Father
Mother
Sat., Noon-Sun., 7:00 p.m.
Memorial Day
Mother
Father
Sun., Noon-Mon., 7:00 p.m.
Fourth of July
Father
Mother
7/4, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
Labor Day
Mother
Father
Sun., Noon.-Mon., 7:00 p.m.
Halloween
Father
Mother
5:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Thanksgiving
Mother
Father
Weds., 6:00 p.m.-Fri., 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve
Father
Mother
12/23, Noon-12/24, 10:00 p.m.
Christmas Day
Mother
Father
12/24, 10:00 p.m.-12/26, 6:00 p.m.
Kwanzaa
Father
Mother
1st night, 5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah Eve
Mother
Father
5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah Day
Father
Mother
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Yom Kippur Eve
Mother
Father
5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur Day
Father
Mother
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Passover (1st night)
Mother
Father
5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Hanukkah (1st night)
Father
Mother
6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Mother's Day
Mother
Mother
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Father's Day
Father
Father
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Child's Birthday (school)
Father
Mother
5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Child's Birthday (no school)
Father
Mother
10:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
In the event of a conflict, the following is the order of precedence: 1. Holidays; 2. Extended periods; 3. Weekends; and 4. Midweek days.
Model Time-Sharing/Visitation Guidelines
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 should control over regularly scheduled time-sharing/visitation time, even if this allows successive time-sharing/visitation periods.
2. The parent exercising time-sharing/visitation should 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 should 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 should apply.
5. Each parent should 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 time-sharing/visitation time.
6. The parent exercising time-sharing/visitation should be given a minimum of every other weekend as time-sharing/visitation time with the child(ren) and one midweek overnight timesharing/ visitation. The parent having such time-sharing/visitation should be responsible for delivering the child(ren) to school, child care, or the other parent's home as specifically ordered by the court or agreed to by the parents.
7. Holidays
a. If a holiday is celebrated on a Monday following a parent's regularly scheduled timesharing/visitation, then that parent should 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 divorce/custody proceedings have been filed, the non-residential parent should have time-sharing/visitation scheduled as follows:
a. New Year's Day and 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. Christmas/Winter Break, beginning at 6:00 p.m. the day school ends until noon on December 25.
d. Holidays not listed that are of special interest to the family should 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 timesharing/visitation should be with the other parent.
3. Mother's Day and Father's Day, regardless of any conflict with the above proposed schedule, should be spent with the appropriate parent from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
4. Fall Break or Spring Break, as allowed by the child(ren)'s school calendar, should be scheduled for the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides in the first full year after the divorce/custody proceedings are filed 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 should be scheduled for the first half of the break and the other parent should be scheduled for the last half.
5. Summer Break should be scheduled to allow the parent exercising timesharing/visitation a minimum of two periods of two consecutive weeks during the Summer Break. Each parent should 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 timesharing/visitation should not prevent school time.
6. Birthdays: Unless the birthday falls on a regularly scheduled timesharing/visitation day, the parent exercising timesharing/visitation should 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 should 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 should alternate between the parent with whom the child(ren) primarily resides and the parent exercising timesharing/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 should 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 should be made up, if reasonable to do so.
c. If the child(ren) is ill, the parent who has the child should give 24-hour notice, if possible, to allow for appropriate plans to be made.
9. Transportation: The parents should transport the child(ren) in a safe manner, which includes utilizing the appropriate child restraint systems and not driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Credits

HISTORY: Adopted effective April 11, 2012.

Footnotes

New Year's Holiday is governed by the year in which New Year's Day falls. It is not governed by the year in which New Year's Eve falls.
Kenton Family Court App. C, KY R KENTON FAM CT App. C
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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