i have a 7 month old with no child care set up in a large city where i am onwaiting lists for child care would telling the court i am breastfeeding work? any thoughts
2007-08-28 06:44:55 · 12 answers · asked by Lilly 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
i am not using my situation as an excuse so only post if you have something to sincerly add
2007-08-28 07:22:36 · update #1
You are trying to use your situation as an excuse or you wouldn't be on here asking this question. Besides, if you have no childcare setup, how do you work? If you are a housewife, it is perfectly acceptable for your husband to miss work in your place and watch the child for the day, while you do your duty as an American citizen. Breastfeeding is not an excuse, because you can work around it. Face it, if you really wanted to serve on the jury and were not making excuses you would find a way.
2007-08-29 16:36:27 · answer #1 · answered by Danny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being the sole caregiver of an infant should be an excuse from jury duty, at least until the child is old enough to be cared for by another. You need to make contact with the clerk of the court, which is usually the office that calls people for jury duty. You must do this as soon as possible, because if you do not get excused and you do not show up you can get in legal trouble.
Call the court house during business hours as soon as you see this.
2007-08-31 01:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by vdpphd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get arrested for committing a felony. It is what gets me out of it everytime. See there is some good that comes from being bad.
Fill out the form they sent you and refuse attending jury duty at that time. They list all the excuses on that form of why you are not going to attend and then weeks later they will send you another one for jury duty on another case. Maybe by then you will be a felon and wont have to go at all.
2007-08-29 09:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by DWalker42 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its up to the court. Tell them the truth and they may let you off. If you lie, exaggerate, create excuses, etc you could end up with problems that make jury duty fade. Breastfeeding in and of itself is probably insufficent. A lack of child care would be a better approach.
2007-08-28 13:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by chessale 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can call and ask. I only got out of jury duty twice. Once because I no longer lived in the city I was called to serve and once when I showed up and wasn't called because the jury had been selected. There are rules that may apply to your case. Call ASAP and explain your situation and ask questions. Many are called - few are chosen.
2007-08-28 14:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by RT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a stay at home mom and can't easily arrange for daycare you can get out.
I have a jury notice in front of me from California and it says
I have a verifiable non professional obligation to provide care for another between the hours of l.........
Get the idea. They cannot force you to hire a babysitter to do jury duty. Look carefully at your notice under request to be excused.
2007-08-28 14:02:57 · answer #6 · answered by JF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the clerk's office and try it out.
if it doesn't work, bring your baby with you to jury duty -- I'm betting the judge will excuse you immediately since a squalling child isn't what she wants in her courtroom.
GL
2007-08-28 13:54:33 · answer #7 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell them that, they might grant you a stay of duty. You may have to serve eventually, but they might wave you for now.
2007-08-28 13:52:47 · answer #8 · answered by Kevy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them you have child care issues and see what they say.
If you have no child care, how are you going to work?
2007-08-28 13:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by Ray G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell them you are close friends with a police officer.
2007-08-28 21:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Wrong number 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋