Post #171687 by dangergirl299 on Wed, Jul 13, 2005 10:25 AM

On 2005-07-12 21:17, bananabobs wrote:
Dangergirl,
I am a small contractor and I just got tapped for Jury duty and dang it! if I am going to take a day off I would do something with my Wife, How do I get out of it?
I have done jury duty many times when I worked for a big corporation but now if I don't work, I don't eat. Any tips you can provide will help.

Immediately send the court a written letter asking to be postponed for a while and claim financial hardship. The sooner you try to get out of it, the more likely they will grant it. If you wait too long they won't grant it because they can only waive so many people before they get down to the core minimum.

After you send the letter, call them every day until they confirm you're off the calendar.

If that doesn't work and you have to show, just tell them you'll have a financial hardship for any trial more than a day; then tell them you are close friends with cops and/or attorneys.