Q: Holiday weekends for nonresidential parents.
If a holiday falls on a weekend that a nonresidential parent is supposed to pick up their kids on, can they opt out of the weekend and pick the kids up for just the holiday hours even if the holiday falls in the middle of the weekend? Or would the weekend take presidence over pick up time. The parent cannot make the 6pm deadline to pick the kids up but wants to pick them up for the holiday hours because that's the only time they can make the drive to pick them up.
A: Which takes precedence depends on what the parenting agreement says about holiday time and any standard parenting orders of the court. Typically, holidays would take precedence. Review the parenting agreement, but sometimes the answer is not clear. The court encourages parents to cooperate and resolve logistics and scheduling problems on their own. If parents are unable, then most parenting agreements require the parents to go to mediation to try to resolve it, and if that doesn't work, only then can they file with the court for the court to decide. That can take a lot of time and expense to get the answer. If the parents cannot work it out, they each can talk to an attorney or use the Find a Lawyer tab to retain a local family law attorney to review the situation and advise.
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