spider
Senior Member
I have attached my message to this rather old thread rather than start a new one and complicate the file structure of UT.
My wife, who is 73 years of age and confined to a wheel chair as a result of a seemingly never ending series of health problems, received a form letter from the government that requires her to register as a potential juror. One of the questions is "do you suffer from a disability that would preclude you from serving as a juror" without the opportunity to explain the disability. The form goes on to explain that a judge will rule on whether an exemption is valid in her case. How does a judge make a decision with no information to work with?
Yes, I understand that wheelchairs are made available for those who need them and so they should be but that need is not identified on the form and is not the reason my wife can't serve on a jury. The reason she can't fulfill a citizen's duty to serve on a jury is too personal to be discussed on this forum but not available to those who matter in this legal triage matter because there is no way to discuss it with a human being. The website is very general in content and the 1-800 number offers a lovely lady ( I think she is the same person who is constantly exhorting me to turn left in 200 metres or whatever on my GPS) who reads the website text to me verbatim with no exclusions or additions.
Has anyone been here recently, have you any advice? I visualize a command to appear at such and such a place for a judge to pass judgement on a condition that precludes her being there in the first place.
My wife, who is 73 years of age and confined to a wheel chair as a result of a seemingly never ending series of health problems, received a form letter from the government that requires her to register as a potential juror. One of the questions is "do you suffer from a disability that would preclude you from serving as a juror" without the opportunity to explain the disability. The form goes on to explain that a judge will rule on whether an exemption is valid in her case. How does a judge make a decision with no information to work with?
Yes, I understand that wheelchairs are made available for those who need them and so they should be but that need is not identified on the form and is not the reason my wife can't serve on a jury. The reason she can't fulfill a citizen's duty to serve on a jury is too personal to be discussed on this forum but not available to those who matter in this legal triage matter because there is no way to discuss it with a human being. The website is very general in content and the 1-800 number offers a lovely lady ( I think she is the same person who is constantly exhorting me to turn left in 200 metres or whatever on my GPS) who reads the website text to me verbatim with no exclusions or additions.
Has anyone been here recently, have you any advice? I visualize a command to appear at such and such a place for a judge to pass judgement on a condition that precludes her being there in the first place.
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). It was easier than I expected ... I figured she'd at least have to appear.