Location is required error comes up when location is not required, and location is filled out

We are trying to use conditional fields to make the location fields required, only when a certain checkbox is set to false. That's not really working as advertised.

So I have custom code for a custom validation function, however, it now always says location is required. Even when I fill out the location fields, it says it's required.

error message: "Location is required."

$form['#attributes']['novalidate'] = 'novalidate';
$form['#validate'][] = 'module_name_validate';