<br><br>29A.100 Postponement of service or excusing of juror -- Breastfeeding mothers to <br>be excused. <br>(1) Upon the request of a prospective juror prior to assignment to a trial court, the Chief <br>Circuit Judge, or after the juror's assignment to a trial court, the trial judge may <br>excuse such juror upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience, or <br>public necessity. On the day on which the prospective jurors are summonsed to <br>appear, any person not previously excused who desires to be excused shall be heard. <br>(2) The Chief Circuit Judge may designate and authorize one (1) or more judges of the <br>court, the court's clerk, a deputy clerk, the court's administrator, or a deputy court <br>administrator to excuse a juror from service for a period not to exceed ten (10) days <br>or to postpone jury service for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months. The <br>reasons for excuse or postponement shall be entered in the space provided on the <br>juror qualification form. <br>(3) In his or her discretion the judge may excuse a juror from service entirely, reduce <br>the number of days of service, or may postpone the juror's service temporarily for a <br>period of time not to exceed, however, twenty-four (24) months. Whenever possible <br>the judge shall favor temporary postponement of service or reduced service over <br>permanent excuse. When excusing a juror, the judge shall record the juror's name, <br>as provided in KRS 29A.080, and the reasons for granting the excuse. <br>(4) The judge shall excuse a mother who is breastfeeding a child or expressing <br>breastmilk from jury service until such time as the child is old enough that the <br>mother is no longer breastfeeding the child. <br>Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended <br>2002 Ky. Acts ch. 252, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. <br>Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 21, effective January 2, 1978. <br><br>