OHbaby! Forums : Jury Duty https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:34:55 +0000 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:03:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8726 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Jury Duty : i have been called 3 time in the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171518&title=jury-duty#171518 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 10:03pm

i have been called 3 time in the last 3 years...1st two times I had no valid reason not to go.

I rang my MW tonight and she is going to write me a letter :)]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:03:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171518&title=jury-duty#171518 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : i&#039;ve never been called up,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171500&title=jury-duty#171500 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 9:45pm

i've never been called up, (touch wood!) and have just gotten married, so name changed, so no doubt i will get called up to do it now! apparently you get excused for around three years after babys born, so thats a plus!]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:45:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171500&title=jury-duty#171500 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : I&#039;ve been called up 4 times...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171481&title=jury-duty#171481 Author: kebakat
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 9:30pm

I've been called up 4 times and I'm only 22. I'm quite sick of it!]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:30:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171481&title=jury-duty#171481 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : My mum last got called when she...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171460&title=jury-duty#171460 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 9:15pm

My mum last got called when she was in a coma in 1995 and they haven't asked her since (we joke and say they must of thought she must of died as she was so close to dying). Last time I got called I had just had Andrew so I got out of it because of BF great excuse.

It's all to do with the electoral role to how you get called up for it, luck of the draw sometimes.

]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:15:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171460&title=jury-duty#171460 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : It&#039;s luck of the draw. My...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171424&title=jury-duty#171424 Author: busymum
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 8:42pm

It's luck of the draw. My gt-grandmother got a request when she was about 88? She asked her daughter (my nana) what to do with it and she said "frame it!". On the other hand, I've been called up about 4 times... bf is a great excuse ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:42:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171424&title=jury-duty#171424 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : Argh, damn dury duty!! I&#039;ve...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171409&title=jury-duty#171409 Author: emz
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 8:30pm

Argh, damn dury duty!! I've just sent me form back getting excused because if they make me do it, I fail my course and won't graduate this December! They better excuse me for that reason! My mum said, write on the bottom of your letter (Section C I think it is) that you would be more than happy to serve at another time.]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:30:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171409&title=jury-duty#171409 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : Baysmum wrote:hhhhmmmm iv never...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171315&title=jury-duty#171315 Author: Maya
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 6:54pm

Originally posted by Baysmum Baysmum wrote:

hhhhmmmm iv never been called for dury duty before!!???


Me neither, but I suspect I'm ineligible because I work in the media ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:54:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171315&title=jury-duty#171315 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : I would ask to be excused on the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171295&title=jury-duty#171295 Author: busymum
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 6:28pm

I would ask to be excused on the basis of "unable to sit still for long periods due to late pregnancy". In Palmy, you usually only have to request to be excused and they will excuse you because there are always heaps of people called and a lot of them don't bother to ask!]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:28:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171295&title=jury-duty#171295 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : hhhhmmmm iv never been called...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171294&title=jury-duty#171294 Author: BaAsKa
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 6:28pm

hhhhmmmm iv never been called for dury duty before!!???]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:28:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171294&title=jury-duty#171294 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : Yup it&#039;s a valid excuse....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171228&title=jury-duty#171228 Author: kebakat
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:44pm

Yup it's a valid excuse. I got excused from jury duty while pregnant. Just on the form write down how preggers you are and that you don't want the stress and it wouldn't be very good to have someone on a jury who needs to be excused every 1/2 hour hehe]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:44:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171228&title=jury-duty#171228 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : I think that pregancy is a valid...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171212&title=jury-duty#171212 Author: DJ
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:27pm

I think that pregancy is a valid reason to get out of jury duty. I was on an attempted murder trial and it was SOOOOO stressful - you really don't want to put yourself through that "in your condition".

Edited by DJ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:27:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171212&title=jury-duty#171212 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : lol that sounds good nzpiper. ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171211&title=jury-duty#171211 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:25pm

lol that sounds good nzpiper. ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:25:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171211&title=jury-duty#171211 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : Just write in telling them that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171208&title=jury-duty#171208 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:24pm

Just write in telling them that you are pregnant and have a brain like a sieve and a woolworths bladder and do the REALLY want you...not to mention you are emotional and irrational. ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:24:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171208&title=jury-duty#171208 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : I would say that your chances...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171206&title=jury-duty#171206 Author: MummyFreckle
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:23pm

I would say that your chances are pretty good. I did Jury Service early last year, and then got called again later in the year. I wrote a letter saying that I had already served on one case and as I was self employed, taking another week off wasnt an option for me financially. They were sweet about it, so would imagine being pregnant you should be fine. There is a tonne of sitting around, I wouldnt want to do it now! ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:23:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171206&title=jury-duty#171206 <![CDATA[Jury Duty : what do you think my chances are...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171203&title=jury-duty#171203 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 8726
Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:20pm

what do you think my chances are of being excused for Jury Duty.

got a summons in the mail today for the week of August 13..I will be around 26 weeks by then. I am thinking of asking my MW to write a letter as it is I am having to get up to go to the toilet every 30 minutes or so and I have heard/read that pregnant woman shouldnt sit for long periods.]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:20:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8726&PID=171203&title=jury-duty#171203