2-2-5-5 Custody Schedule Calendar

What you get

An editable 2-2-5-5 custody calendar for Excel and Google Sheets. Type both names, pick your start date, and a full year of shared custody fills in and colour-codes itself.

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WHAT IT DOES

Most custody calendars are a PDF you colour in by hand. This one does the counting.

You set it up once: both parents' names, your rotation, and the date your arrangement started. That's it. The whole year fills in, colour-coded so you can see at a glance who has the children on any given day.

Want to see next year? Change one dropdown. The rotation carries on correctly across the year boundary — you never redo the setup.

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FIVE ROTATIONS INCLUDED, PLUS YOUR OWN

- 2-2-5-5
- 2-2-3
- Week on / week off
- 3-4-4-3
- Alternating weekends
- CUSTOM — set every day of the fortnight yourself

The custom builder matters. No two arrangements are identical, and most templates break the moment yours doesn't match theirs. This one doesn't. If your 2-2 block falls on Tuesday and Wednesday instead of Monday and Tuesday, you can set that.

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SEVEN TOOLS IN ONE FILE

1. CUSTODY SCHEDULE — 12 months at a glance, colour-coded by parent, weekends in bold.

2. CUSTODY LOG — Planned vs actual. Record what really happened: late handover, no-show, swapped by agreement, refused. Anything that differs from the schedule is flagged and counted automatically.

3. CONTACT LOG — Calls, video calls and messages. A record of the contact you kept.

4. COURT SUMMARY — A printable one-page parenting time summary, generated from your logs. Nights due, nights taken, no-shows, late handovers.

5. EXPENSE TRACKER — Shared costs with a custom split on every expense. The balance is written in plain English: "Alex owes Sam £27.50."

6. HANDOVER CHECKLIST — Print one for every swap so nothing gets left behind.

7. PRINTABLE CALENDAR — A blank month calendar for the fridge.

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WHAT YOU GET

- 1 x Excel workbook (.xlsx) — works in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
- 1 x printable PDF — blank calendar, handover checklist and expense log

Instant download. Nothing to install. No subscription. No account to create.

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HOW TO USE IT IN GOOGLE SHEETS

Go to sheets.google.com, then File, then Import, then Upload, and choose "Replace spreadsheet". Everything works — dropdowns, colours, the lot.

Or just open it in Excel.

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WHY I MADE IT

I built this for myself first. I needed a calendar that knew which parent had which day, handled the rotation without me counting on my fingers, and didn't fall apart when the year rolled over. Everything I could find was a static PDF or something that broke the moment my arrangement didn't match the template.

So I built one properly, then made it good enough to give to someone else.

If something doesn't work, message me. I answer every message myself and I'll fix it.

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PLEASE NOTE

This is an organisational tool. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace a court order or a formal agreement. Always follow your own arrangement.

The parent names are free text and the colours are yours to change — the template works for any two carers, in any arrangement.

This is a digital product. No physical item will be posted. Because of the nature of instant downloads, I cannot offer refunds once the file has been downloaded — but if anything is wrong, message me and I will fix it or refund you.