I'm from Michigan and I got a letter today that I have to serve in jury duty. I called though to tell them that I am a stay at home mother breastfeeding and so they dismissed me until June 2008. But we plan on getting pregnant after the new year so I might possibly be 5 months pregnant along at the time I will have to serve Jury Duty. Do they allow pregnant woman to serve? Will I have to call again if I'm pregnant or just go in and they'll see that I'm pregnant and dismiss me? What are the chances of having to do this when I'm young and starting a family!! I actually got the first papers to fill out for jury duty while I was pregnant with my first baby.
2007-08-28 05:33:14 · 6 answers · asked by blank 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
A dismissal until June 2008 does not mean that they will call you at the point. It simply means they WON'T call you before that time.
Whether your pregnancy will excuse you from serving depends on what you are called for. If it is a one or two day call for traffic court and the likes, it probably will not excuse you. Those cases are usually short and simple. An hour and you are done. Usually being the middle of a pregnancy would not prevent you from being able to do that.
However being pregnant would excuse you from a long and involved case where you could be there for days or weeks. Neither attorney is going to take the chance that complications with your condition could take you out half way through the trial.
So to be honest, serving one day of traffic court while you are mid way through a pregnancy is probably better then getting stuck on a long trial. Serve the day or two and be done. And once done, you drop off the jury duty list.
2007-08-28 05:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are lucky they let you out of jury duty the first time. They don't let people off due to hardships of not being paid from their job or self-employed people. They could have said you can pump and find a baby sitter. Yes, pregnant women can serve on jury duty. You will only be 5 months pregnant and not close to going into labor. Having a family does not get yout out of jury duty. A lot of hardships (even financial) do not get you out of jury duty either.
2007-08-28 06:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by raindrop 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you won't get an automatic out. What's so bad abotu jury duty anyway?
You will get out if you can show (even marginally) that having to be on a jury and having to take care of your new young child is some sort of hardship. It will depend on the judge and what he thinks.
Most judges in this country are Kangaroos anyway. They sort of just do whatever they want and have a lot of latitude. If they want to use the kid as an excuse they will.
2007-08-28 05:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by spqr_us 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Planning to get pregnant is not a good enough excuse to recuse you - they also probably won't recuse you at five months pregnant unless you have doctors orders though they won't bind you over for trials likely to go for longer than 2 months.
2007-08-28 05:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by Lex 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-31 07:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will probably have to serve unless you have a medical reason not too. I didn't want to server mine either but it accually turned out to be pretty interesting.
2007-08-28 05:42:06 · answer #6 · answered by ♥countrygal♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋