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Problems often crop up when an order, award or agreement says only that a party will have "liberal and generous time" with a child, or sets a schedule that is too vague, like a schedule that says the children will be with a party "every other weekend." In situations like this, it's too easy for a schedule not to work. What is "liberal and generous time" anyway? And who decides what is "liberal" and what is "generous?" When does the "weekend" start, Friday after school or after work, or on Saturday like the calendar says? What happens if there's a holiday Friday or Monday attached to the weekend, does the "weekend" include the holiday as well?
While arrangements like these can work wonderfully well when the adults involved all get along well, have a good, positive attitude toward each other, and are prepared to nurture the children's relationships with each other, they tend to fall off the rails when disagreements come up or the relationships relationship between the adults get difficult. What's often needed then is to change the order, award or agreement to make the schedule more specific and less ambiguous. For example, instead of an agreement that says:
<blockquote>"Morgan will have parenting time from Friday to Sunday."</blockquote>