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February 25, 2006
Pet Peeve #25: Jury Duty
Yesterday when I went out to my mailbox, among the metric ton of junk mail I received I also got a letter of jury summons. Dear God!! Really? Why??!!??! Please explain to me how I'm supposed to serve on a jury at this point in my life? What exactly am I supposed to do with my child while I sit in a court room all day? It's not like they would appreciate me bringing her along to sit at my feet and she's certinaly not old enough to be home alone. Why in the world couldn't they have sent a summons to Jamison? He would have loved to have been called....I on the other hand would rather have my teeth pulled out through my nose with a fork lift!! I've written a letter to be excused and sent it back this morning so we'll see how that goes. Jamison pointed out it would be a day away from Alexis, but I informed him if I wanted a day away from Alexis I certainly didn't want to spend it sitting on my tuckus in a stuffy court room all day! Their "random" selection process sucks!
Posted by Daffodil at February 25, 2006 12:30 PM
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If it is federal court, they will excuse you if you are a stay-at-home parent with a child under 5. A county court will not necessarily. PG county won't, at any rate. Alex got weaned a little earlier than I was planning on because I had to do three days of PG county jury duty.
Posted by: cjmr at February 25, 2006 1:57 PM
Alexis wasn't breastfed so I couldn't have used that excuse even when she was little, but I'm surprised PG county didn't have a breastfeeding clause that would excuse you because most counties do excuse breastfeeing mothers from duty.
Posted by: Dianne at February 25, 2006 4:36 PM
I think they do, if the baby is under 1 year. Alex was 13 months. Mind you, Marilyn weaned herself at 13 months, so Alex may have been pretty much done, anyway.
Posted by: cjmr at February 27, 2006 4:49 PM