How Are Visitation Schedules and Overnight Stays Set in Jordan?

Setting a visitation and overnight schedule under Jordanian law rests on the Sharia Court's assessment of the child's interest. Article 181 of the Personal Status Law establishes the parents' right to gather, see, host, and accompany the child, and in some provisions distinguishes by the child's age.

Article 182 grants the court the power to set the time and place of overnight stays, visitation, hosting, and accompaniment, and allows it to modify this arrangement where there is justification and in the child's interest. The schedule is not rigidly fixed; it changes as the circumstances of the child and parents change.

Where the parties agree on the visitation and overnight arrangement, the court adopts it; absent agreement, the court sets it under Article 181, taking account of the child's age and circumstances. If the custodian refuses to comply with what was set, Article 183 addresses this by temporarily forfeiting custody on application.

Fixing the details and duration of overnight stays remains within the court's competence in each case, so there is no single formula that applies to all families.

This is a general explanation based on Jordanian Personal Status Law and does not replace advice from a qualified lawyer in a specific dispute.