Following a case where a mother was reportedly threatened by a judge for bringing her breastfed child to jury duty, the Alabama Supreme Court has issued a unanimous order requiring judges to have written procedures in place to excuse nursing mothers from service.
Alabama judges will be required to have written procedures in place that to excuse nursing mothers from jury service under an order issued days after a Jefferson County mother said she was threatened by a judge when she reported for jury duty with her breastfed child.
The definition of “hardship” includes “circumstances in which an individual would... be required to abandon a person under his or her care or supervision due to the impossibility of obtaining an appropriate caregiver during the period of participation in the jury pool or on the jury.” Within 30 days of the order, all presiding circuit judges in Alabama are required to provide a written report to the Administrative Director of Courts “addressing their respective procedures for complying with this order,” the document states.Alabama among the worst in the nation for flu, COVID and RSV, health officials say“I never imagined a single Facebook post would lead to a change in law just four days later.”In a post this morning, Brown also thanked Alabama Reps.
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