Define: Family Emergency

The meaning of “Family Emergency” differs based on where it is used. We list many below, then combine them into one or more market-standard definitions.

How is Family Emergency defined in a legal contract?

  • Family Emergency means an unexpected and serious physical or mental condition affecting a close relative, which requires a significant amount of time to provide care or support. This could be due to an injury, sickness, disease, or trauma to a close relative. Seen in 6 SEC filings.
  • Family Emergency means a situation where the owner of a particular property needs to involuntarily move due to health issues, requirements of their current employer, or the involuntary termination of their current employment. Seen in 2 SEC filings.
  • Family Emergency means any serious physical or mental conditions. Seen in 1 SEC filing.

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

Search EDGAR for 'Definitions of family emergency' yourself to verify these results. We are always keen to point people to source documents.

Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

Genie Definition 1

Family Emergency means a serious, unexpected situation involving a close relative's health or significant change in job status that requires immediate attention.

Relevant Contract Types

Relevant Circumstances

  • Employee needing leave of absence
  • Tenant needing temporary exit from lease obligation
  • Patient needing emergency healthcare
  • Parent needing emergency childcare

Relevant Sectors

Genie Definition 2

Family Emergency means any severe physical or mental conditions affecting an individual.

Relevant Contract Types

Relevant Circumstances

  • Individual needing immediate mental health services
  • Individual's physical health crisis

Relevant Sectors

Are you creating, reviewing or negotiating a document?

Looking for further advice on how to define “Family Emergency" in your document? 

🚀 Try our AI Legal Assistant! It can suggest a definition just for your specific needs (Simply import your contract, then ask it to draft a definition suitable for your document, that's it!)

What is the most popular definition of 'Family Emergency'?

Family Emergency means a serious, unexpected situation involving a close relative's health or significant change in job status that requires immediate attention.

Try using Genie's Free AI Legal Assistant

Generate quality, formatted contracts with AI

Can’t find the right template? Create the bespoke agreement in minutes by conversing with our AI and tailoring to your needs

Let our Legal AI make 
edits for you

Ask Genie to edit your document in the same way you’d ask a paralegal. Genie makes track changes, and explains its thinking just like a junior lawyer would.

AI review

Can’t find the right template? Create the bespoke agreement in minutes by conversing with our AI and tailoring to your needs

See Genie AI in action

Book your personalised demo now

Schedule a live, interactive demo with a Genie expert
Understand the most valuable features of Genie based on your workflow
Find out exactly how your business will benefit, from hours saved to faster revenue



Click here to book your personalised demo now.

Thank you for requesting a demo. You can book one immediately using the following link if you'd like to: https://bit.ly/GenieAIDemo

If you'd like to, you can now fill in our ROI calculator - you'll get instant results, which we'll use to make your demo even more specific.

Calculate now
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Collaborations with