The Rise and Fall of the Standard Visitation Plan
When a couple with a child or children decides to divorce or no longer live in the same house, they have to create a parenting plan as a part of their divorce. One of the most common parenting plans I saw early in my career was the so-called “standard visitation plan”. It is the common default plan that is chosen by the court after trial because it is easy to draft and fits the older model of one parent should be the home base for children. But it does not have to be your default.