Not in Mississippi!!!

Posted By: sm on 2009-02-27
In Reply to: If you have children under a certain age... - Tired&CrankyMT

Heck, they don't care, at least the county I'm in, if you have small children with no one else to watch them or are caring for an elderly family member, handicapped, or otherwise. They drag you regardless in front of a pool of potential jurors and question you about very private things for everyone to hear. I sat in there one time while the judge and attorneys questioned a woman about why she couldn't sit for jury duty when she was only 3 weeks postop a mastectomy and was to start chemotherapy!! Questions were very personal and downright infuriated me. I wanted to stand up to those dimwitted pompous MALE attorneys and ask them how many times have they had their breast removed and about to undergo cancer treatment!! FURIOUS!

A truckdriver, who is the sole caregiver of his mentally retarded brother and takes him on ALL his runs, was asked why he couldn't find someone to take care of him. He told them that's why he was taking him EVERYWHERE with him, there was no one else. His parents were deceased and he was the only sibling. He told them his job was the only means of income and he only got paid for loads made and he didn't have anyone to care for his brother anyway. They just continued to ask stupid ignorant questions about "couldn't you find a daycare for him", "don't you have any money put back for these things".......I thought I was going to puke.

Most of these jack*ss attorneys have never had to worry about anything in their lives when it comes to child care and elderly parents. They pay for someone else to do it.

You are wrong about the primary caregiver with minor children; birth certificate does no good unless that state says it does. Here, it doesn't matter. They just want to know why you can't just drop little Johnny off at the neighbors if you can't pay for daycare........they see no problem with strangers keeping your child either; just show up!!!

I wished more states had consideration for the plight of mothers with small children and those that are caregivers for their elderly parents..

Maybe if they had to actualy do it and had no extra income to pay others to do their job, they would get the picture!!

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jury duty - Eileen
- Yes, a year or so ago. Got picked. Child molester case/Guilty! nm - Confetti
- 3 times: 2 grand and 1 petit sm - Anne
  - Grand jury, 1-2 days a week for 13 months . . . - in another city
- If you have children under a certain age... - Tired&CrankyMT
  - Neither is an excuse in Michigan. - I wish nm
  - Not in Mississippi!!! - sm
    - Since when is motherhood a "plight?" nm - Sick of the single mom whine
      - Absolutely! nm - deenibeeni
      - I have never agreed with anyone like I do with your's! - Margie
        Yeah! What she said! nm - Deb
- I was called....sm - curious girl
  - They can ask for a doctor's statement - kt
    - doctors statement - Eileen
  - You will be called again. It's not that easy. nm - just go, it's a good experience
  - Not sure what state you're in, but - LinK
    - jury duty - Eileen
- yes, i served. - sm
- I did...once...I got all excited but..sm - MT and worn out
  - I was called to jury duty once, but - LinK

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