Family Friendly Jury Duty Legislation for Kentucky
Although Kentucky now has a family friendly jury duty law that protects breastfeeding mothers and their babies*, there are still other citizens in Kentucky who could also benefit from family friendly jury duty legislation.
Kentucky citizens
who are parents/guardians caring for a young child, or caregivers of an elderly or disabled relative
have
been forced to serve on a jury, despite their essential obligations to their
families. While there are Kentucky courts that do accommodate these
citizens, others do not since there is no standard policy which addresses
the special needs of these jurors.
Expanded
Family Friendly Jury Duty legislation would allow these citizens to defer
their jury service until either their children are older, or care giving
responsibilities have ceased. It would also ensure that jury deferral
policies are more consistent throughout all of Kentucky’s court
jurisdictions.
Kentucky needs Family Friendly Jury Duty legislation for family
caregivers in BOTH its State and
Federal court systems:
Click here if you would like to help enact
Expanded Family Friendly Jury Duty for
Kentucky’s STATE courts.
...And
Click here if you would like to help enact Family Friendly Jury Duty for
Kentucky’s U.S. FEDERAL District Courts.
*In March 2007, Kentucky finally passed legislation that would defer breastfeeding mothers from jury duty until they are no longer nursing. Below are pictures of the bill-signing ceremony with Governor Fletcher signing Senate Bill 111 into law.
Governor Fletcher signs Senate Bill 111
into law
Last updated Wednesday April 04, 2007
