I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!I swear I am the only person I know who has ever been called for Jury Duty more than once. And I only know 2 people besides me who have been called once. I've been summoned 8 times in the last 12 years and I am so sick of it. I've even thought of unregistering to vote just so they leave me alone, but I can't stomach that.
This time around I am going to try to get excused. I haven't always tried, but 4 times I have. Once when I had severe pneumonia, once when I was 8.5 months pregnant with my first child, and once when I was due to deliver my second child. In fact he was born on the day I would have had to report for my first day of JD. I had doctor's notes for all of those. The fourth time I was homeschooling my kids with my DH out of state and they let me out.
Anyway, I decided to go ahead and plead financial hardship, because I can't afford to put my kids in some form of childcare, and I can't afford the gas to drive 55 miles a day, and my DH will be working in Alaska so there is no other parent to take care of the children. My relatives that might be able to help are in a different direction than the courthouse, so I'd be driving 110 miles a day to do this. Or else hoping my mother would take the kids for nearly two full weeks, rather unlikely.
You know, I really wouldn't mind serving again, because its is enjoyable, but it is just so hard to get everything in place to do it. And come on, I think I've done my duty four times!
I am hoping that since there has been a court case in my family since the last time I was called, I have been the victim of a crime, and I now have a close family friend who is a cop (came back from Iraq, went through the police academy and has been a cop a few months now), I'd be seen as far too biased as well.
Once my kids are grown, I think I'd love to do it again, though. Of course, they'll probably not send me a summons by then.
Called for Jury Duty
July 2nd, 2007 at 05:56 am
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm 1183378531
July 2nd, 2007 at 03:04 pm 1183388644
But given your circumstances this time, you definitely deserve a pass, and I sure hope you get it.
July 2nd, 2007 at 04:12 pm 1183392740
Where I live, there's some kind of rule that you can't serve jury duty more than once per a certain number of years.
Perhaps you can ask the clerk of courts about that, and maybe ask to be dismissed from this one.
July 2nd, 2007 at 07:18 pm 1183403939
Save your receipts. Here, we get reimbursed for a portion of it-by either the county or your employeer. they pay so much a day, parking and meals.