Holiday and vacation blocks

Most custody orders have stretches of time that override the regular weekly pattern — summer possession, winter break, alternating holidays, a vacation week. In CustodyProof these are blocks of time attached to your schedule, and they're handled in the "Blocks of time (optional)" section when you set up or edit a schedule on the Schedules page.

During a block, the block wins: your regular pattern is replaced for those dates, and everything downstream — the calendar, statistics, plan-vs-actual comparisons, and reports — honors it automatically.

Adding a block

The quick way: just type it

In the Blocks of time section, type the block into the quick-add box and choose Add block. For example:

`Summer with me July 1-30`
`Christmas Dec 26 - Jan 1, odd years`
`Spring break with the other parent, March 9-16`

We fill in the dates and settings for you — then you check them on the block card that appears. If we couldn't read it, try including who has the children and the dates.

You can also choose Add manually instead and fill in the fields yourself.

What's on a block card

Block name — e.g. "Summer possession".
Who has the children during this block — With you or With other parent.

- With you: every date in the block becomes an overnight with you, replacing whatever the regular cycle said. - With other parent: your planned time inside those dates is removed. If your order carves your time out of the other parent's block (say, one weekend during their summer month), add both blocks — a "with you" carve-out inside a "with other parent" block wins.

Repeats — One time, Every year, Odd years, or Even years. Alternating-year holidays ("Christmas in odd years") are a first-class option.
Dates — for one-time blocks, First day and Last day. For recurring blocks, Starts every year on and Ends on (inclusive) as a month + day.

If the block came from your uploaded agreement, the card shows the original wording — Your order says: "…" — so you can verify against the source.

Holidays

Holidays are just blocks — usually recurring ones. Type them like anything else ("Thanksgiving with me, even years"). When a block follows a named holiday whose date moves each year, the card notes that it "follows {holiday} each applicable year — the dates land automatically on your calendar."

The Upcoming periods card on the Schedules page shows all holiday and vacation possession over the next 12 months — yours and the other parent's — straight from your schedule, so you always know what's coming.

"To be designated" dates

Many orders include possession that hasn't been pinned down yet — "30 days of summer possession, dates to be designated by June 1." That's fine:

Add the block without dates. You'll see: "Added — we'll ask for the exact dates when the time gets close."
The block is saved as an open item, marked "Dates to be set." You can save your schedule now — nothing is blocked.
As the period approaches, CustodyProof reminds you (including a prompt on your Dashboard) to fill in the dates so the time lands on your calendar. Open items also appear under Upcoming periods with an "needs dates" note.

One rule: a block needs both dates or neither. If you've set only one, you'll be asked to complete the pair or clear them both.

A note on the email side: as an open period approaches we also send at most one heads-up email per period per year. Prefer not to get those? Turn them off in Settings → Profile → Email preferences — the in-app prompts keep working either way.

Deadlines the order sets for giving notice ("designate in writing by April 1") are a different thing — those go to Deadlines & Reminders.

Editing or removing blocks

Blocks live with their schedule. On the Schedules page choose Edit schedule, adjust or remove blocks in the Blocks of time section (each card has a remove button), and save. As always, saving refreshes upcoming calendar events only — past dates stay exactly as recorded.

One-off changes vs. blocks

A block is for a defined stretch that overrides the pattern (a week or more, or a recurring holiday).
For a single swapped or extra day, it's usually simpler to just edit the calendar directly — delete or add the individual event, or use the schedule review panel's one-tap fixes. See Keeping your schedule accurate.