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ktroutm2ktroutm2
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Just checked my mail box from yesterday and I kindly received from the city my jury duty summons. The date is January 24. I will be 36 weeks :/
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  • LutzWifeyLutzWifey member
    you probably won't have to do it at that point, just wear the clothes that make you look the most pregnant and they probably will dismiss you.
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  • kjg5445kjg5445 member

    imageLutzWifey:
    you probably won't have to do it at that point, just wear the clothes that make you look the most pregnant and they probably will dismiss you.

    i agree. a trial can go on for weeks and you obviously could deliver at any point at that time. they most likely wont choose you as a juror.

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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    My husband called in on his first day and explained out situation and he was dismissed until June.  Best of luck!
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  • Jillibean85Jillibean85
    I also got a letter for jury duty on the 30th of January! But there was a checklist of exemptions on the back and "expectant mother" was on there... So i checked that box and mailed it back. I'm not sure if every State or County has different rules, but you may be exempt due to pregnancy...
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    I also got a letter for jury duty on the 30th of January! But there was a checklist of exemptions on the back and "expectant mother" was on there... So i checked that box and mailed it back. I'm not sure if every State or County has different rules, but you may be exempt due to pregnancy...

    Ours has this option as well

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  • elizxuelizxu member
    That sucks! You'll have to pee so frequently that I bet they let you out of it after the 5th bathroom break! And if it makes you feel better I don't think any attorney would keep you on a jury. I bet you are dismissed if you even get out of the jury pool. Take a pillow, good book, water & snacks. so sorry!
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  • LilyPotter218LilyPotter218 member
    I can't imagine any attorney picking a pregnant woman for a jury. The fact that you could go into labor AND the hormones ;)
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  • ktroutm2ktroutm2
    imageLaouli:

    imageJillibean85:
    I also got a letter for jury duty on the 30th of January! But there was a checklist of exemptions on the back and "expectant mother" was on there... So i checked that box and mailed it back. I'm not sure if every State or County has different rules, but you may be exempt due to pregnancy...

    Ours has this option as well

    Unfortunately mine doesn't have that option. I'm going to talk to my OB tomorrow to see if she can give me a letter to send back. I was able to get out of it last time with a letter that was explaining about my ovarian cyst (I had an active one and was in a lot of pain). 

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  • KristinmoKristinmo member
    imagektroutm2:
    imageLaouli:

    imageJillibean85:
    I also got a letter for jury duty on the 30th of January! But there was a checklist of exemptions on the back and "expectant mother" was on there... So i checked that box and mailed it back. I'm not sure if every State or County has different rules, but you may be exempt due to pregnancy...

    Ours has this option as well

    Unfortunately mine doesn't have that option. I'm going to talk to my OB tomorrow to see if she can give me a letter to send back. I was able to get out of it last time with a letter that was explaining about my ovarian cyst (I had an active one and was in a lot of pain). 

    Just be careful that it doesn't just get deferred to a later date.  I would much rather do it 36 weeks pregnant than with a newborn.

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  • sapphirebride06sapphirebride06

    I was called for federal jury duty a few weeks ago and would have been on call for possibly coming in the month of December.  At the time, I hadn't had any issues, but it was too far from my house for me to get my son to school on time and picked up on time and since H was traveling (sometimes over night and sometimes just day travel) I had nobody that could get him to school or pick him up.  Luckily they let me out for that reason - I could not use pregnancy as a reason unless my doctor was willing to write a note saying I should be excused - which she would not do because I was not having any issues. 

    I was glad I wans't having issues at the time, but then I get diagnosed with GD and have weekly NSTs and weekly appointments with the ob and the mfm and I'm glad I got out when I did.  And I think having a newborn would necessitate dismissal as well if it does get postponed.  If you are nursing, that is another reason, but with the forms I had that was a medical reason and you could only cite medical reasons if it was supported by a doctor's note. 

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  • AFodenAFoden
    As unusual as it sounds I have always wanted to do Jury Duty.  I finally gut summonded for it and withing two weeks of getting it I found out I was pregnant.  Where I am you have a list of optional exemptions and pregnancy is one of them. I just had to include a doctors note. Check with the clerk of court before you go there to waiste your time.  The kicker? I was summonded again about 3 months later...
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    imageLutzWifey:
    you probably won't have to do it at that point, just wear the clothes that make you look the most pregnant and they probably will dismiss you.

    i agree. a trial can go on for weeks and you obviously could deliver at any point at that time. they most likely wont choose you as a juror.

    I agree with this. Go in at 36wks pregnant, wearing a nice, tight maternity shirt, and get dismissed/not selected as a juror. That way they won't call you back again in a couple months when you have a newborn to wrangle!

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  • ktroutm2ktroutm2
    I will be faxing in my letter to be excused tomorrow. Il let you girls know what happens. 
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