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Texas custody calendar 2027 the Standard Possession Order, night by night

Texas's Standard Possession Order, as the Family Code writes it for a child 3 or older and parents who live 100 miles or less apart, laid out night by night for the year: the 1st, 3rd and 5th weekends, Thursdays, the holidays that alternate by year, spring break and summer.

Managing 222 nights (60.8%) Possessory 143 nights (39.2%) 85 changeovers in 2027

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The two homes managing conservator first, then possessory conservator. Kept on this device only.

The order's times Weekends that start on a school day run to Monday morning and Thursday is an overnight: the usual order when the parents live 50 miles or less apart.

Mother's Day goes to

Managing Possessory

Father's Day goes to the other home.

Your school's dates

School resumes in January The first school day after winter break.Last school day before spring break Usually a Friday in March.School resumes after spring break The first school day back.Last day of school When summer vacation starts.First day of school in August When the new school year starts.Last school day before Thanksgiving Many districts close the whole week: then it's the Friday before.Last school day before winter break Usually the Friday before Christmas week.School resumes the next January The first school day after this year's winter break.

The child's birthday Optional: the order's birthday time.

Summer weeks and other stretches

From the first night to the last. Holidays still win over them, as the order says.

Week starts on

Sunday Monday

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2027 Custody Calendar

Texas Standard Possession Order

Managing: plain · Possessory: boxed · month: nights at each · notch: changeover · underlined: holiday or stretch

Managing 222 nights · Possessory 143 nights

January

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1 : night at Managing, Christmas, second half	2 : night at Managing, Christmas, second half
3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Managing	5 : night at Managing	6 : night at Managing	7 : night at Possessory, changeover	8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing
10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Possessory, changeover	15 : night at Possessory	16 : night at Possessory
17 : night at Possessory	18 : night at Possessory	19 : night at Managing, changeover	20 : night at Managing	21 : night at Possessory, changeover	22 : night at Managing, changeover	23 : night at Managing
24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Managing	27 : night at Managing	28 : night at Possessory, changeover	29 : night at Possessory	30 : night at Possessory
31 : night at Possessory

February

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Managing, changeover	2 : night at Managing	3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Possessory, changeover	5 : night at Possessory	6 : night at Possessory
7 : night at Possessory	8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Possessory, changeover	12 : night at Managing, changeover	13 : night at Managing
14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Managing	17 : night at Managing	18 : night at Possessory, changeover	19 : night at Possessory	20 : night at Possessory
21 : night at Possessory	22 : night at Managing, changeover	23 : night at Managing	24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Possessory, changeover	26 : night at Managing, changeover	27 : night at Managing
28 : night at Managing

March

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Managing	2 : night at Managing	3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Possessory, changeover	5 : night at Possessory	6 : night at Possessory
7 : night at Possessory	8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Possessory, changeover	12 : night at Managing, changeover, Spring break	13 : night at Managing, Spring break
14 : night at Managing, Spring break	15 : night at Managing, Spring break	16 : night at Managing, Spring break	17 : night at Managing, Spring break	18 : night at Managing, Spring break	19 : night at Managing, Spring break	20 : night at Managing, Spring break
21 : night at Managing	22 : night at Managing	23 : night at Managing	24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Possessory, changeover	26 : night at Managing, changeover	27 : night at Managing
28 : night at Managing	29 : night at Managing	30 : night at Managing	31 : night at Managing

April

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1 : night at Possessory, changeover	2 : night at Possessory	3 : night at Possessory
4 : night at Possessory	5 : night at Managing, changeover	6 : night at Managing	7 : night at Managing	8 : night at Possessory, changeover	9 : night at Managing, changeover	10 : night at Managing
11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Possessory, changeover	16 : night at Possessory	17 : night at Possessory
18 : night at Possessory	19 : night at Managing, changeover	20 : night at Managing	21 : night at Managing	22 : night at Possessory, changeover	23 : night at Managing, changeover	24 : night at Managing
25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Managing	27 : night at Managing	28 : night at Managing	29 : night at Possessory, changeover	30 : night at Possessory

May

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
						1 : night at Possessory
2 : night at Possessory	3 : night at Managing, changeover	4 : night at Managing	5 : night at Managing	6 : night at Possessory, changeover	7 : night at Managing, changeover, Mother's Day weekend	8 : night at Managing, Mother's Day weekend
9 : night at Managing, Mother's Day weekend	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Possessory, changeover	14 : night at Managing, changeover	15 : night at Managing
16 : night at Managing	17 : night at Managing	18 : night at Managing	19 : night at Managing	20 : night at Possessory, changeover	21 : night at Possessory	22 : night at Possessory
23 : night at Possessory	24 : night at Managing, changeover	25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Managing	27 : night at Possessory, changeover	28 : night at Managing, changeover	29 : night at Managing
30 : night at Managing	31 : night at Managing

June

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1 : night at Managing	2 : night at Managing	3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Possessory, changeover	5 : night at Possessory
6 : night at Managing, changeover	7 : night at Managing	8 : night at Managing	9 : night at Managing	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Managing
13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Managing	17 : night at Possessory, changeover	18 : night at Possessory, Father's Day weekend	19 : night at Possessory, Father's Day weekend
20 : night at Possessory, Father's Day weekend	21 : night at Managing, changeover	22 : night at Managing	23 : night at Managing	24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Managing
27 : night at Managing	28 : night at Managing	29 : night at Managing	30 : night at Managing

July

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1 : night at Possessory, changeover, Summer, July 1–31	2 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	3 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31
4 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	5 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	6 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	7 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	8 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	9 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	10 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31
11 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	12 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	13 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	14 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	15 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	16 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	17 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31
18 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	19 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	20 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	21 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	22 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	23 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	24 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31
25 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	26 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	27 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	28 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	29 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	30 : night at Possessory, Summer, July 1–31	31 : night at Possessory

August

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1 : night at Managing, changeover	2 : night at Managing	3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Managing	5 : night at Managing	6 : night at Possessory, changeover	7 : night at Possessory
8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Possessory, changeover	13 : night at Managing, changeover	14 : night at Managing
15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Managing	17 : night at Managing	18 : night at Managing	19 : night at Possessory, changeover	20 : night at Possessory	21 : night at Possessory
22 : night at Possessory	23 : night at Managing, changeover	24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Possessory, changeover	27 : night at Managing, changeover	28 : night at Managing
29 : night at Managing	30 : night at Managing	31 : night at Managing

September

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1 : night at Managing	2 : night at Possessory, changeover	3 : night at Possessory	4 : night at Possessory
5 : night at Possessory	6 : night at Possessory	7 : night at Managing, changeover	8 : night at Managing	9 : night at Possessory, changeover	10 : night at Managing, changeover	11 : night at Managing
12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Possessory, changeover	17 : night at Possessory	18 : night at Possessory
19 : night at Possessory	20 : night at Managing, changeover	21 : night at Managing	22 : night at Managing	23 : night at Possessory, changeover	24 : night at Managing, changeover	25 : night at Managing
26 : night at Managing	27 : night at Managing	28 : night at Managing	29 : night at Managing	30 : night at Possessory, changeover

October

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1 : night at Possessory	2 : night at Possessory
3 : night at Possessory	4 : night at Managing, changeover	5 : night at Managing	6 : night at Managing	7 : night at Possessory, changeover	8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing
10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Managing	12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Possessory, changeover	15 : night at Possessory	16 : night at Possessory
17 : night at Possessory	18 : night at Managing, changeover	19 : night at Managing	20 : night at Managing	21 : night at Possessory, changeover	22 : night at Managing, changeover	23 : night at Managing
24 : night at Managing	25 : night at Managing	26 : night at Managing	27 : night at Managing	28 : night at Possessory, changeover	29 : night at Possessory	30 : night at Possessory
31 : night at Possessory

November

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Managing, changeover	2 : night at Managing	3 : night at Managing	4 : night at Possessory, changeover	5 : night at Possessory	6 : night at Possessory
7 : night at Possessory	8 : night at Managing, changeover	9 : night at Managing	10 : night at Managing	11 : night at Possessory, changeover	12 : night at Managing, changeover	13 : night at Managing
14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Managing	17 : night at Managing	18 : night at Possessory, changeover	19 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	20 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving
21 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	22 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	23 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	24 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	25 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	26 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving	27 : night at Possessory, Thanksgiving
28 : night at Managing, changeover	29 : night at Managing	30 : night at Managing

December

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1 : night at Managing	2 : night at Possessory, changeover	3 : night at Possessory	4 : night at Possessory
5 : night at Possessory	6 : night at Managing, changeover	7 : night at Managing	8 : night at Managing	9 : night at Possessory, changeover	10 : night at Managing, changeover	11 : night at Managing
12 : night at Managing	13 : night at Managing	14 : night at Managing	15 : night at Managing	16 : night at Possessory, changeover	17 : night at Managing, changeover, Christmas, first half	18 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half
19 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	20 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	21 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	22 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	23 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	24 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	25 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half
26 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	27 : night at Managing, Christmas, first half	28 : night at Possessory, changeover, Christmas, second half	29 : night at Possessory, Christmas, second half	30 : night at Possessory, Christmas, second half	31 : night at Possessory, Christmas, second half

Holidays and set stretches

Jan 1–2 Christmas, second half: Managing
Mar 12–20 Spring break: Managing
May 7–9 Mother's Day weekend: Managing
Jun 18–20 Father's Day weekend: Possessory
Jul 1–30 Summer, July 1–31: Possessory
Nov 19–27 Thanksgiving: Possessory
Dec 17–27 Christmas, first half: Managing
Dec 28–31 Christmas, second half: Possessory

Texas holiday schedule, 2027 and 2028

Who has each holiday under the Texas Standard Possession Order, by the nights it covers with typical school dates (set yours beside the calendar). The table calls the possessory conservator "Possessory" and the managing conservator "Managing"; Mother's and Father's Day go to the mother and the father every year.

Holiday	2027	2028
Summer, July 1–31	Possessory Jul 1 to Jul 30	Possessory Jul 1 to Jul 30
Spring break	Managing Mar 12 to Mar 20	Possessory Mar 10 to Mar 18
Thanksgiving	Possessory Nov 19 to Nov 27	Managing Nov 17 to Nov 25
Christmas, second half	Managing Jan 1 to Jan 2	Possessory Jan 1 to Jan 2
Christmas, first half	Managing Dec 17 to Dec 27	Possessory Dec 15 to Dec 27
Mother's Day weekend	Managing May 7 to May 9	Managing May 12 to May 14
Father's Day weekend	Possessory Jun 18 to Jun 20	Possessory Jun 16 to Jun 18

Every rule in the law's own words

Possessory conservator resides 100 miles or less from the child's primary residence; standard (not elected) possession times; child 3 years or older; order rendered on or after 2021-09-01 without the 50-mile alternative times.

Weekends (1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays) §153.312(a)(1): “on weekends throughout the year beginning at 6 p.m. on the first, third, and fifth Friday of each month and ending at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday”
Thursday evenings (school term) §153.312(a)(2): “on Thursdays of each week during the regular school term beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m., unless the court finds that visitation under this subdivision is not in the best interest of the child.”
Weekend extended to Monday §153.315(a): “If a weekend period of possession of the possessory conservator coincides with a student holiday or teacher in-service day that falls on a Monday during the regular school term, as determined by the school in which the child is enrolled, or with a federal, state, or local holiday that falls on a Monday during the summer months in which school is not in session, the weekend possession shall end at 6 p.m. on Monday.”
Weekend starts Thursday §153.315(b): “If a weekend period of possession of the possessory conservator coincides with a student holiday or teacher in-service day that falls on a Friday during the regular school term, as determined by the school in which the child is enrolled, or with a federal, state, or local holiday that falls on a Friday during the summer months in which school is not in session, the weekend possession shall begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday.”
Spring vacation §153.312(b)(1): “the possessory conservator shall have possession in even-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that vacation, and the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period in odd-numbered years”
Extended summer possession (no notice by April 1) §153.312(b)(2)(B): “does not give the managing conservator written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child for 30 consecutive days beginning at 6 p.m. on July 1 and ending at 6 p.m. on July 31”
Extended summer possession (notice by April 1) §153.312(b)(2)(A): “gives the managing conservator written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child for 30 days beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each applicable day”
Managing conservator's weekend during b's summer period §153.312(b)(3), (c): “if the managing conservator gives the possessory conservator written notice by April 15 of each year, the managing conservator shall have possession of the child on any one weekend beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday during one period of possession by the possessory conservator under Subdivision (2)”
Managing conservator's summer weekend (b's weekend skipped) §153.312(b)(4): “the managing conservator may designate one weekend beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, during which an otherwise scheduled weekend period of possession by the possessory conservator will not take place”
Christmas vacation, first part (to noon Dec 28) §153.314(1): “the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child in even-numbered years beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is dismissed from school for the Christmas school vacation and ending at noon on December 28, and the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period in odd-numbered years”
Christmas vacation, second part (from noon Dec 28) §153.314(2): “the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child in odd-numbered years beginning at noon on December 28 and ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that vacation, and the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period in even-numbered years”
Thanksgiving §153.314(3): “the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child in odd-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is dismissed from school before Thanksgiving and ending at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday, and the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period in even-numbered years”
Child's birthday §153.314(4): “the parent not otherwise entitled under this standard possession order to present possession of a child on the child's birthday shall have possession of the child beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. on that day”
Father's Day weekend §153.314(5): “if a conservator, the father shall have possession of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Father's Day and ending on Father's Day at 6 p.m.”
Mother's Day weekend §153.314(6): “if a conservator, the mother shall have possession of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Mother's Day and ending on Mother's Day at 6 p.m.”

Transcribed from Texas Family Code, Chapter 153 (Texas Legislature, Texas Constitution and Statutes; file served by tcss.legis.texas.gov, Last-Modified 2025-12-13, includes 2025 89th Leg. amendments elsewhere in the chapter, none to §§153.3101-153.317), Same document, raw file the statutes site loads (fetched text), Office of the Attorney General of Texas, My Sticker Calendar 2026-2027 (60 pp., Sept 2026 to Dec 2027, PDF created 2026-06-30), Office of the Attorney General of Texas, My Sticker Calendar 2026 printer-friendly (linked as '2026 - 2027 Printer Friendly'; one-page 2026 year plus rules pages), read 2026-10-25.

How the Standard Possession Order runs

The possessory conservator (here, Home B) has the child on the 1st, 3rd and 5th weekends of every month, from Friday at 6 p.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m. A weekend belongs to the month its Friday is in, so a month with five Fridays gives two weekends in a row: January 29 and February 5, 2027. During the school year Home B also has Thursday evenings, 6 to 8 p.m.

Holidays and vacations come first. Home B has spring break in even-numbered years and Thanksgiving in odd ones; Christmas splits at noon on December 28, with the first half Home B's in even years. Summer is July 1 to 31 when Home B gave no notice by April 1. Mother's Day and Father's Day weekends go to that parent every year.

Expanded or standard times

Since 2021, when the parents live 50 miles or less apart, Texas courts use the expanded times unless the possessory conservator declines them or the court finds them not in the child's best interest; parents up to 100 miles apart can elect them too. Weekends that start on a school day run from Friday's dismissal to Monday morning, and Thursday becomes an overnight; in most orders a Monday school holiday stretches the weekend to Tuesday morning. Pick your order's times beside the calendar; the nights and totals follow.

Set your school's dates

Spring break, Thanksgiving and Christmas start when school lets out, so the calendar asks for your district's dates (the defaults are typical ones). Christmas is counted by the year of its December 28: the first days of January 2027 are the second half of Christmas 2026, which is the managing conservator's.

Questions

Who has Christmas in 2027?

2027 is an odd year: the managing conservator has the first half (from the day school lets out to noon December 28) and the possessory conservator the second half (from noon December 28 until 6 p.m. the day before school starts again).

Who has Thanksgiving in 2027?

The possessory conservator: in odd-numbered years, from 6 p.m. on the day school lets out before Thanksgiving to 6 p.m. the following Sunday.

What about summer?

If the possessory conservator gives written notice by April 1, they choose 30 days of summer in up to two blocks; without notice it's July 1 to July 31. The calendar shows the July default; add the noticed summer as a stretch for the possessory conservator and it replaces July.

Does this match the Attorney General's calendar?

Its weekends match the 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays the Office of the Attorney General shades for 2027. The OAG calendar doesn't apply holidays, summer or the expanded times; this one does, with your school's dates.

2027 night by night

Managing has 222 nights (60.8%) and Possessory 143 nights (39.2%), with 85 changeovers.

Month	Managing	Possessory
January	20	11
February	18	10
March	25	6
April	18	12
May	22	9
June	24	6
July	0	31
August	23	8
September	18	12
October	18	13
November	15	15
December	21	10

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Texas custody calendar 2027: every night of the year at each home, on one printable page — The printed page, as the PDF prints it. Save to Pinterest

This applies a schedule as it's commonly written. It isn't legal advice: your court order or parenting plan controls, including its exact times, holidays and exceptions. It assumes the child's school is closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day and on no other school-year Monday or Friday, counts Juneteenth, the Fourth of July and LBJ Day in summer, and takes summer as July 1–31 unless you add a noticed summer as a stretch. Set your school's dates beside the calendar.

The 2027 calendar, a night to a day

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Holidays and set stretches

Texas holiday schedule, 2027 and 2028

How the Standard Possession Order runs

Expanded or standard times

Set your school's dates

Questions

2027 night by night