Will i be able to get out of jury duty?

[shadow]

I just got a summons today...I would actually love to do jury duty b/c I'm a nerd like that...but there's no way I'm going to be able to find temporary full time childcare for a toddler and infant. Plus, I'm still exclusively breastfeeding (except for the occasional night out or errand run w/o the baby). This should be enough of a hardship right?

[pinkeggs]

I got out of jury duty for the exact same reasons. I wrote a letter stating that I was the primary childcare for my children and was breastfeeding several times a day (all of which was true at the time). They excused me and I never heard another thing about it.

[redheadbaker]

Laws vary by state. In PA, there is no law requiring breastfeeding mothers to be excused from jury duty, though I've heard most judges here will excuse them anyway.

[bronxgirl]

In New York you will be excused for 4 years if you show your child's birth certificate and explain you don't have regular childcare.

ETA: to be honest I don't know if this is a state law, city law, or county law, but i know it's true in my county, at least

[StrawberryBlondie]

If the googles is to be believed, you may or may not. It doesn't look like Maryland has a law exempting breastfeeding mothers or allowing them to defer.

[stephm0188]

I'm in Ohio. There was a box on the form I could check for childcare hardship, and I wrote in that I was BFing an infant. I was excused.