Yes, but as Heather Morcroft remarks, only u201cif you have facts to support it.u201d A lot of custody litigants think things are u201cemergenciesu201d that are not really u201cemergencies.u201du00b9And even if a North Carolina court were to grant a temporary order, it would likely expire after a relatively short period of time during which you would be expected to seek redress from the courts of Florida.u00b2You need to talk to a lawyer, or ideally, to lawyers in both North Carolina and Florida, about this. Quora is not a good place to get legal advice.Notes:u00b9 UCCJEA u00a7 204(a):(a) A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.The UCCJEAu2019s official comment provides:The provisions of this section are an elaboration of what was formerly Section 3(a)(3) of the UCCJA. It remains, as Professor Bodenheimeru2019s comments to that section noted, u201can extraordinary jurisdiction reserved for extraordinary circumstances.u201du00b2 A u201cPracticioneru2019s Guide to the UCCJEAu201d prepared by the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit explains:Emergency jurisdiction is temporary, but under certain circumstances, such orders can become final.However, that will only happen if there is no Florida action involving the child. UCCJEA u00a7 204(c):(c) If there is a previous child-custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this [Act], or a child-custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a State having jurisdiction under Sections 201 through 203, any order issued by a court of this State under this section must specify in the order a period that the court considers adequate to allow the person seeking an order to obtain an order from the State having jurisdiction under Sections 201 through 203. The order issued in this State remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other State within the period specified or the period expires.