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Carroll County Common Pleas Court
Standard Child Visitation Schedule (Exhibit A)
- Alternate weekends from Friday, 7:00 P.M. to Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M.
- The child and/or the custodial parent, have no duty to await the visiting parent for more than thirty minutes of the visitation time. A parent late more than thirty minutes shall forfeit that visitation period.
- For the purpose of visitation, there are seven holidays as follows: (1) New Years Day; (2) Martin Luther King Day; (3) Easter; (4) Memorial Day; (5) the 4th of July; (6) Labor Day; and (7) Thanksgiving. In the odd-numbered years the mother shall have the child on the odd-numbered days and the father shall have visitation on the even-numbered days. In the even-numbered years, the father shall have the odd-numbered holidays and the mother the even-numbered holidays.
- Each year at Christmas time the custodial parent shall have the child on Christmas Day and the non-custodial parent shall have the child from 1:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Christmas Eve.
- On Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and the respective parent’s birthday annually, the child will be with the appropriate parent on those days.
- The non-custodial parent shall have the child for two weeks each summer upon thirty (30) days advance written notice. The weeks need not be consecutive.
- The child shall celebrate his birthday in the home of the custodial parent, unless it falls on visitation day, and the other parent can make up for the birthday with a separate birthday party if desired.
- Visitation does not mean picking the child up and then leaving him with someone else. The non-custodial parent shall furnish all transportation to and from the child’s residence.
- Additional visitation shall be by agreement of the parties.
- Non-emergency cancellations require a minimum of 24 hours advance notice. Visitations cancelled by the custodial parent must be made up during the same calendar month. Visitation cancelled by the non-custodial parent are forfeited.
- These are the Standard Visitation Rules of the Court, and they will be changed or modified by the Court if it is shown that there is a need for such a change.
Carroll County Common Pleas Court Exhibit A-1
Out-Of-State Visitation Guideline
- One (1) week that during the “Spring Break” if such period exceeds seven days. The residential parent shall inform the non-residential parent as to the exact dates of this school vacation, and the parties shall agree on the period of visitation, by February 1 each year.
- Up to a maximum of six (6) weeks of the “summer vacation” at the non-residential parent’s election upon not less than thirty (30) days advance written notice. The weeks need not necessarily be consecutive. The child(ren)’s needs, age, and pre-scheduled summer activities shall be considered by the parents when selecting both the timing and amount of summer visitation.
- Any two or three-day “long” weekend upon ten (10) days advance notice to the residential parent.
- One-half of the “Christmas vacation” upon thirty (30) days advance written notice to the residential parent. The residential parent, absent an agreement to the contrary, shall have the child(ren) Christmas Day annually. The non-residential parent may elect to exercise visitation prior to, or after, Christmas Day depending on when the school vacation commences.
- Additional visitation shall be by agreement of the parties and in the best interests of the child(ren).
- Transportation expenses will generally be the responsibility of the party exercising visitation.
- These are “standard” rules for out-of-state visitation, and they are subject to modification by the Court if a need to do so is demonstrated.
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