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“My twins’ dad has a court order for alternating weekends and when he takes them he sometimes works night shift & leaves them with his significant other, who is not responsible, only the dad. The order stated in case of an emergency he’s to take them back to the mother, for which does not. Is he in violation since it’s with him they need to be?”
You will need to have your order reviewed by an attorney in your area, however, we would hardly think that going to work constitutes an emergency.
