Jury duty isn’t most people’s favorite thing, but imagine getting the summons while being a new mother and unable to leave the baby.
That was the case for a Lee’s Summit woman whose stand is landing her a court date of her own at the Jackson County Courthouse.
Laura Trickle is fighting a charge of contempt of court all because she breastfeeds and couldn’t leave her son behind to serve jury duty.
“You’re not allowed to have children there for jury duty,” Trickle said. “I’ve never even had a speeding ticket, so I have zero experience with legal issues.”
Trickle said her 7-month-old son, Axel Graham has to be with her to eat. But that didn’t get her off the hook, so she appeared for jury selection, with her baby, hoping the judge would grant an exemption, instead he gave two options.
“I would be able to pump on breaks. Unfortunately Axel doesn’t take a bottle, so that was not an option for us. The other option was to have someone stay with me all day and then be able to nurse on breaks. But since I’m a stay-at-home mom, we don’t have childcare,” she said.
So, now she is facing contempt and up to a $500 fine.
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