The Youngest Juror??
It's a thing of the past -- already. Trisha Lynn Carter, at the tender age of 3 weeks, has already reported for her first jury duty at the Sacramento Court House. Impressive, don't you think?
Christy had received a jury summons a month or two ago, with the instructions to report on Monday, 1 December. She returned the paperwork asking to be excused on the basis that she would be a nursing mother by that time.
Due to a glitch, Chris received a denial to her request, which arrived when Trisha was just a few days old. Calling the courthouse, she was assured they would send her paperwork again.
Thanksgiving weekend arrived, and as Christy began to think about things, the jury summons came to mind. She realized that she had not received the paperwork to request being excused and that her jury duty was to begin early this morning, Monday, 1 December. The courthouse was closed for Thanksgiving weekend. What to do?
Well . . . obviously you bundle up the baby, trundle yourself and wee infant down to the courthouse, and report for jury duty as instructed.
Although she was asked by the guy at the desk, "Don't you have child-care?", when Christy responded that the baby was only 3 weeks old and that Chris was a nursing mother, he did send her on to another office where they officially excused her . . . and Trisha Lynn . . . from serving jury duty this week.
This little munchkin has to be the cutest thing ever to report for jury duty!!
Christy had received a jury summons a month or two ago, with the instructions to report on Monday, 1 December. She returned the paperwork asking to be excused on the basis that she would be a nursing mother by that time.
Due to a glitch, Chris received a denial to her request, which arrived when Trisha was just a few days old. Calling the courthouse, she was assured they would send her paperwork again.
Thanksgiving weekend arrived, and as Christy began to think about things, the jury summons came to mind. She realized that she had not received the paperwork to request being excused and that her jury duty was to begin early this morning, Monday, 1 December. The courthouse was closed for Thanksgiving weekend. What to do?
Well . . . obviously you bundle up the baby, trundle yourself and wee infant down to the courthouse, and report for jury duty as instructed.
Although she was asked by the guy at the desk, "Don't you have child-care?", when Christy responded that the baby was only 3 weeks old and that Chris was a nursing mother, he did send her on to another office where they officially excused her . . . and Trisha Lynn . . . from serving jury duty this week.
This little munchkin has to be the cutest thing ever to report for jury duty!!
posted by Patty @ 8:33 AM
3 Comments:
At 5:21 AM,
Sara said…
Ah, Jury duty! I got a summons for November when we were going to be out of town and called to reschedule (you can do that once, isn't NY nice!) only to find out that you have to reschedule 2 months out - well, Baby T is due 2 months out so that wasn't going to work. I graciously offered any time in December but they don't have any jury cases scheduled for Dec. SO, since THEY couldn't accommodate ME and I was willing, they put me back in the holding pool for another 2 years :D
It pays to be nice to the clerks in the county court office!
At 8:46 PM,
katharine said…
The Jury stories continue.. LA caught me--the last month we lived there, I was summoned for jury duties by the LA County Superiour Courts when we were slated to be living in Ohio and I would be nursing a 2 mos old (the logistics clearly wouldn't have worked. Period). I called them and told them that we'd be moving, but they didn't accept it. They re-sent the summons, and once we moved, I had to send an electric bill back to the LACSC to prove to them that I was indeed living out of state. Argh.
But, yeah, Patty--little Trisha Lyn is the cutest little juror you ever saw! :)
At 9:50 PM,
Patty said…
LOVED the jury duty stories! Thanks for sharing. Bureaucracy -- ain't it grand?!!
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