Can I take qualifying exigency leave if my son or daughter is 18 years old or older?
Yes. The new FMLA regulations contain special definitions for son and daughter for both of the military family leave provisions. For qualifying exigency leave, an eligible employee may take leave for his or her “son or daughter on active duty or call to active duty status,” which is defined as the employee’s biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or child for whom the employee stood in loco parentis, who is on active duty or on call to active duty status, and who is of any age.
