Which condition is NOT a valid reason for temporary custody of a child without a court order?

Temporary custody of a child without a court order is typically justified by circumstances that present immediate risk to the child's well-being. Among valid reasons for assuming temporary custody, options like imminent danger to the child’s life, run away or escape situations, and endangerment due to substance influence all express serious and immediate threats to the child's safety.

In contrast, failure to attend school, while potentially serious in its own right and a concern for child welfare, does not present an immediate and significant physical danger to the child. This lack of immediacy means that it does not meet the stringent criteria usually required for taking temporary custody without a court order. Schools and parents have established protocols and legal frameworks for addressing issues of truancy, placing the responsibility on systems designed to deal with attendance rather than emergency custody situations.