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SAHM + Jury Duty Summons

3litttlebirds3litttlebirds member
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Got a jury duty summons. I'm worried about the childcare situation. If I do end up getting called for jury duty, it's hard to find an all day sitter because I don't have anyone regularly do that as I stay at home with my son. He's only had a sitter (my mom) for 4-5 hours at most. The court provides a daycare, but I am not taking my son to daycare at the court when he is not used to something like that and just leaving him for the whole day. Plus, my son still BF's about 3-4x per day. But he is 20 months, so he would be okay not doing that...it will just be more emotionally stressful on him than physically. Ugh....I hope I don't get called.
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Re: SAHM + Jury Duty Summons

  • 3litttlebirds3litttlebirds member
    I should add that I'm basically just venting...but if anyone has any advice, please share....
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  • dufferoodufferoo member
    Blah, that sucks! Well you probably won't actually get called, but if you do, could your hubby take a personal day?
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  • valeriegpvaleriegp member
    You can't get out of it? Here, if you are the primary full time caregiver if a child you can be excused. You should call if you haven't already.
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  • honeydew01honeydew01 member

    There should be instructions on the mail you received on how to explain your situation. I had to fill out a survey when I was called in (last month) to defer it or get excused. I filled it in and sent it back and they excused me.

    Call me crazy, I actually like being on the jury, I was called once a few years ago and it was fun so I would have been fine if they told me to come back next year or something but they excused me this time.

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  • twinkletoes3126twinkletoes3126 member
    I received a jury summons a few months ago. I called them and was excused.
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  • anna.ceanna.ce member
    I'm a sahm and ebf my dd and I was excused.
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  • JulesDianeJulesDiane member
    Yes. You should be able to be excused. I got called last year, and I just got called again. All mine requires is a notarized "Affidavit for Excuse or Deferral from Jury Duty - Child Care Giver". I found the form on my county's website. I suggest you look at yours.. or check your jury summons for details. Mine had info on there too.
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  • PhieryBFlyPhieryBFly member
    I got a summons. I called them up and told them I was still breast feeding my 13 month old and they let me off the hook before I finished my sentence. I told them I was willing to do it- just to postpone it a bit and they honestly didn't care. Try calling them up and explaining. You might get somewhere with that.
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  • welly01welly01 member
    Bliss+Berry said:
    valeriegp said:
    You can't get out of it? Here, if you are the primary full time caregiver if a child you can be excused. You should call if you haven't already.
    This.  If you are the primary caregiver, it is grounds for excusal from serving.  There should be an option on your summons that you can mail back or call the clerk and explain.  Good luck.
    Yep.  Check with the court.  You shouldn't have any trouble getting excused.
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  • 3litttlebirds3litttlebirds member
    Well, I filled out the paperwork to be excused, saying I was a primary caregiver and breastfeeding. It was denied. :( The return letter said I could explain my situation to the judge that first day and would maybe still be exempt.... 
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  • welly01welly01 member
    3litttlebirds said:
    Well, I filled out the paperwork to be excused, saying I was a primary caregiver and breastfeeding. It was denied. :( The return letter said I could explain my situation to the judge that first day and would maybe still be exempt.... 
    I would suggest taking your toddler with you and breastfeeding while you wait to be called.  :D

    Seriously though, that's crap.  Sorry :(
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  • michelle7482michelle7482 member
    I'm a sahm and told them I had no childcare options and I was excused.

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  • maybebridemaybebride member
    I would call and speak to somebody. I have never heard of being denied when primary caregiver is the reason given. If they still say you have to come it, I would most definitely bring LO with you.
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  • honeydew01honeydew01 member
    maybebride said:
    I would call and speak to somebody. I have never heard of being denied when primary caregiver is the reason given. If they still say you have to come it, I would most definitely bring LO with you.
    This is what I'd suggest as well.
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  • welly01welly01 member
    RedheadBaker said:
    welly01 said:
    3litttlebirds said:
    Well, I filled out the paperwork to be excused, saying I was a primary caregiver and breastfeeding. It was denied. :( The return letter said I could explain my situation to the judge that first day and would maybe still be exempt.... 
    I would suggest taking your toddler with you and breastfeeding while you wait to be called.  :D

    Seriously though, that's crap.  Sorry :(
    That will get her charged with contempt of court. BAD advice. 

    But that is exactly the point.  She's a SAHM.  Its really not even a BFing issue.  She has no readily available other childcare options.  It would be an undue hardship to find childcare to even go to jury duty, much less get chosen for the jury.  SAHM's with no reasonable options for other childcare options should be excused.
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  • *LrCg**LrCg* member
    Neither side (Plaintiff or Defendant) is going to want an unwilling Juror- they tend to not pay attention and are just upset for being there.  One of the first questions they ask during jury section is your occupation and they give you an idea of how long this trial should last and ask whether or not that would be a hardship for you.  At that time, be honest.  More likely then not they will exclude you.  Your last alternative would be when they ask questions let them know you can't be impartial- that's a guarenteed out.
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  • Justabean3Justabean3 member
    Just call them
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  • KatelobsterKatelobster member
    In my county, it's really difficult to be excused, but it's easy to defer your week of service to a later, more convenient time. Could you look into that and plan ahead for childcare?

    Or, fwiw, my dad deferred his jury service to a week with a major holiday betting on the fact that no court would want to schedule any cases that week, and he was right.
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