Jury Duty/Failure to appear summons

[dober1]

Originally Posted by steel7

To the op, go to court & explain to the judge what happened. In the future always get things in writing. Jury duty rules are much stricter now & the courts are cracking down big time. Good-luck & keep us posted.

You are the OP

[marcopolo666]

Originally Posted by dober1

You are the OP

Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. Yes, tell the OP all about it.

[Adamson865]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

I was on jury duty years ago, waiting with other jurors in the hallway, when a woman in your position brought in her two kids, one in a stroller. She never even had to talk to the judge...she just asked the people in the office of the main waiting room, "Who do you want me to leave my kids with while I sit on a jury?" They let her go. She was VERY assertive. I wil admit that this was several years ago, before the more strict jury duty rules kicked in.

She probably rented the kids just so she could get out of jury duty.

I've seen people do all sorts of stuff just to get thrown out of jury service. One young woman took pictures inside the courtroom with her smartphone during jury selection - she was warned once, and then thrown out when she kept doing it. Another young woman had made fashionista posts to her Facebook about the shoes of potential female jurors along with pictures. Someone found it and told the judge, and she was gone.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by rah62

She probably rented the kids just so she could get out of jury duty.

Nope; they were hers. I talked to her in the elevator. These days they probably would have told her that finding a sitter was her problem and that after she found one, she could take a seat with everyone else.

[Dmarquez47]

Is there an age limit for jurors??

[janellen]

Originally Posted by Dmarquez47

Is there an age limit for jurors??

Yes, if you read the fine print on the back of your summons, you'll see that at age 70 you can opt out of jury duty forever.