Birth or placement of a child with the employee.
Placement includes for adoption or foster care.
It does not include custody of step-children. Serious health condition. Generally, an incapacity of three days or less is not a serious health condition, unless the incapacity is due to an episode or flare-up of a chronic condition. An asthma attack may not last more than three days, but asthma is a serious chronic condition, so an absence due to an asthma attack would be a qualifying FML event even if it lasted less than three days. 12 work weeks in a 12 month period is the amount of time an employee may be absent from work for a covered FML event for a covered person.