Child care exemptions for jury duty in NYS?
New York State (USA) here. I work full time and my wife is a full-time stay at home mom and caretaker for our two children (ages 4 and 6).
My wife received a Jury Duty summons and is expected to show to court tomorrow for jury duty. I am taking the day off work tomorrow to be at home with our kids, but she absolutely can not perform jury duty because she is the sole day-to-day caretaker for them while I work.
What are our options as far as getting her excused from this? They can't just expect a mother to leave her small children abandoned while she performs jury duty, so I imagine there are ways to get her exempt...
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New York State (USA) here. I work full time and my wife is a full-time stay at home mom and caretaker for our two children (ages 4 and 6).
My wife received a Jury Duty summons and is expected to show to court tomorrow for jury duty. I am taking the day off work tomorrow to be at home with our kids, but she absolutely can not perform jury duty because she is the sole day-to-day caretaker for them while I work.
What are our options as far as getting her excused from this? They can't just expect a mother to leave her small children abandoned while she performs jury duty, so I imagine there are ways to get her exempt...
united-states new-york civil-procedure jury moral-duty
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
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asked 8 hours ago
hotmeatballsouphotmeatballsoup
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New York State (USA) here. I work full time and my wife is a full-time stay at home mom and caretaker for our two children (ages 4 and 6).
My wife received a Jury Duty summons and is expected to show to court tomorrow for jury duty. I am taking the day off work tomorrow to be at home with our kids, but she absolutely can not perform jury duty because she is the sole day-to-day caretaker for them while I work.
What are our options as far as getting her excused from this? They can't just expect a mother to leave her small children abandoned while she performs jury duty, so I imagine there are ways to get her exempt...
united-states new-york civil-procedure jury moral-duty
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
57.2k23680
asked 8 hours ago
hotmeatballsouphotmeatballsoup
1133
New York State (USA) here. I work full time and my wife is a full-time stay at home mom and caretaker for our two children (ages 4 and 6).
My wife received a Jury Duty summons and is expected to show to court tomorrow for jury duty. I am taking the day off work tomorrow to be at home with our kids, but she absolutely can not perform jury duty because she is the sole day-to-day caretaker for them while I work.
What are our options as far as getting her excused from this? They can't just expect a mother to leave her small children abandoned while she performs jury duty, so I imagine there are ways to get her exempt...
united-states new-york civil-procedure jury moral-duty
united-states new-york civil-procedure jury moral-duty
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
57.2k23680
asked 8 hours ago
hotmeatballsouphotmeatballsoup
1133
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
57.2k23680
asked 8 hours ago
hotmeatballsouphotmeatballsoup
1133
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
57.2k23680
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
57.2k23680
edited 8 hours ago
Dale M
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57.2k23680
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hotmeatballsouphotmeatballsoup
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asked 8 hours ago
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She can ask, but she does not have a right to be excused
New York law for jurors does not have an automatic right to be excused because of familial care needs. There is a right to be excused for medical or financial hardship - which you might be able to argue here if, for example, you were at risk of losing your job.
There is also a right for automatic postponement of 2 to 6 months (to allow you to arrange care, for example) but you have to request this a week in advance.
Unfortunately, as they say on their website: "Jury duty, like paying taxes, is mandatory."
answered 8 hours ago
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Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
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She can ask, but she does not have a right to be excused
New York law for jurors does not have an automatic right to be excused because of familial care needs. There is a right to be excused for medical or financial hardship - which you might be able to argue here if, for example, you were at risk of losing your job.
There is also a right for automatic postponement of 2 to 6 months (to allow you to arrange care, for example) but you have to request this a week in advance.
Unfortunately, as they say on their website: "Jury duty, like paying taxes, is mandatory."
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
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Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
49 mins ago
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She can ask, but she does not have a right to be excused
New York law for jurors does not have an automatic right to be excused because of familial care needs. There is a right to be excused for medical or financial hardship - which you might be able to argue here if, for example, you were at risk of losing your job.
There is also a right for automatic postponement of 2 to 6 months (to allow you to arrange care, for example) but you have to request this a week in advance.
Unfortunately, as they say on their website: "Jury duty, like paying taxes, is mandatory."
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
57.2k23680
Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
49 mins ago
add a comment |
She can ask, but she does not have a right to be excused
New York law for jurors does not have an automatic right to be excused because of familial care needs. There is a right to be excused for medical or financial hardship - which you might be able to argue here if, for example, you were at risk of losing your job.
There is also a right for automatic postponement of 2 to 6 months (to allow you to arrange care, for example) but you have to request this a week in advance.
Unfortunately, as they say on their website: "Jury duty, like paying taxes, is mandatory."
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
57.2k23680
She can ask, but she does not have a right to be excused
New York law for jurors does not have an automatic right to be excused because of familial care needs. There is a right to be excused for medical or financial hardship - which you might be able to argue here if, for example, you were at risk of losing your job.
There is also a right for automatic postponement of 2 to 6 months (to allow you to arrange care, for example) but you have to request this a week in advance.
Unfortunately, as they say on their website: "Jury duty, like paying taxes, is mandatory."
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
57.2k23680
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
57.2k23680
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
57.2k23680
answered 8 hours ago
Dale MDale M
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Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
49 mins ago
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Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
49 mins ago
Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
49 mins ago
Ridiculous! If I was oversees, what would she do with our children?! Leave them outside the court room all day long?!
– hotmeatballsoup
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