Jury Duty the day before wedding

skl14 · March 2013

I just found out that I have been summoned for jury duty April 25 and 26. I get married April 27! I am supposed to leave the country for my honeymoon a few days after, so even if I did get picked, that would interfere. What a way to celebrate one month to go. I've also been called in Michigan, where the wedding is, however I live in North Carolina for grad school. Oh boy.

tmw7278 · March 2013

Oh no! Maybe you'll get lucky and won't have to show at all.

[Deleted User] · March 2013

No big deal--call them and let them know about your wedding. They will undoubtedly take you off the list. I also got a jury duty summons--but in my county, you fill out a form online and then they send you a summons within 30 days, so it probably won't be an issue for me. We're not honeymooning until May, though.

dandelionsgirl · March 2013

I know there are certain reasons why you can get out of Jury Duty. I would call up and explain. A girl at my office got out of jury duty in FL because she was going on vacation.

orangehills · March 2013

They'll easily let you out for that, just because you are in school in a different state, not to mention the wedding and being able to prove out of country travel (which they let people out for all of that). Call them and let them know and they'll postpone it. No biggie! I had to do that all the time.

redjellybean128 · March 2013

I know in CT there is a section on the form where you can postpone and pick some alternate dates. Is there something similar on your form? I used to work for an attorney and he told me to always pick a friday before a holiday weekend. You can almost bet that you will never have to serve, and if you do, it won't likely be a long, drawn out case.

Good luck!

[Deleted User] · March 2013

I've been so nervous about getting summoned. I think 3 people I work with have received summons in the last month? I'm moving away in a couple of weeks but I'm just so nervous that I'll get it at the very last minute.

Blondy214 · March 2013

Let them know you are a student in a different state and you shouldn't have to do it. It happened to me when I was in grad school also, I got summoned in the county my parents live in (3 hours away). I had to send them a letter, but it wasn't difficult.

Jessa617 · March 2013

Count the questions and look for whether someone said yes or no. When they say "ok, thanks for your time, we don't need you" look and see which question they answered yes or no to. Not sure how the rooms are set up for you, but sometimes you're able to keep track of what someone answered on a certain question.

Otherwise, there should be a number for you to call to postpone the date.

tiny speck · March 2013

You probably shouldn't have to since you are out of state for school, never mind about to get married. Should be no problem.

skl14 · March 2013

I talked to someone in the jury board office, and it looks like being in school out of state will get me out of it. She didn't even give me a chance to elaborate how I have a trip planned right after and wouldn't be able to serve on a jury. I should have it all confirmed by the end of the week. Now I can stop having a panic attack, about that at least.

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