Family emergency
A family emergency was an urgent matter involving one's family. 

In 2365, seeing Wesley Crusher's obvious distress, William T. Riker excused himself from a date, claiming to have a family emergency. ()

In 2373, Annel, Kirayoshi O'Brien's regular babysitter, had a family emergency, leaving Miles O'Brien  to tend to his own son in his wife Keiko's absence. Jake Sisko offered to fill in, much to Miles' relief. ()

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