Jury Duty Summons for Full Time College Student

So my daughter is away at school and a summons was sent to her at our home address. I know that she will be exempt, but here is my question: Can I complete the online questionnaire for her, or for some reason, does she have to do this?

Thank you.

Send the notice to your daughter and let her deal with it.

Telling the County Clerk that she presently lives out of the area is not a difficult task, and learning to deal with such tasks is but one of many lessons in her progress from kid to adult.

TomR

i don't get why she couldn't complete the online form.  the reason she has to do it is that she is an adult and legally responsible for herself.

scan it, email it and she will have a copy right away.  you can even fax it to her computer.

Send her the link and let her complete the on-line form.  If she needs information from the jury duty notification such as date scheduled or a juror number/group, include that in the e-mail containing the link. 

Thanks all...wasn't really looking for parenting advice...Kid is very mature and independent but has had some unusually stressful and upsetting events she's been dealing with so I was trying to take something off her plate.

To answer your question, yes, you can complete the form on line for her. I think you just need her social security number, but can't remember. I do remember that it was easy, and there was an obvious place to indicate that the person called to jury duty lives out of state as a full time college student. I did this for my out of state college student just last year, no problems.

Sorry to read that the student is going through some unusually stressful and upsetting times just now.  Please let us know if/how we can help.

My initial response to your question was have her fill out the form and send it in since it is part of the responsibilities one assumes upon coming of age.  With the additional information that she is currently under stress (and, you because you are now sharing her stress, albeit at a distance) I now think that you should just fill out the form and get it over with.  No need to even inform her since this is just one of those everyday things we all have to deal with.  

Thank you!

This shouldn't be stressful...but how about being on the phone with her while she does it in case she feels overwhelmed.
I don't see anyone offering parenting advice, you asked if you could do it your self of if there is a reason she needs to....

being that you asked if there is a reason she should..it is appropriate for people to respond that the reason she should is that she is an adult

if she is managing the real stressful things...she can surely handle this.

I have not seen the form..or if it says must be filled out by the recipient...if it does say that..you do at least need to tell her so that she is aware even if you do fill it out for her...after all she will be legally responsible should they question it.

Also, do they require the person to submit an alternate availability?

Even something as simple as filling out an on-line form can be extremely difficult for someone under severe stress.  The on-line form is not going to know who prepared it.  Sometimes it is best to let a less stressed person handle the simple things.

This is the parenting advice OP does not need.

jmitw said:
This shouldn't be stressful...but how about being on the phone with her while she does it in case she feels overwhelmed.
I don't see anyone offering parenting advice, you asked if you could do it your self of if there is a reason she needs to

if she is managing the real stressful things...she can surely handle this

I know where you log on for unemployment is an issue, they actually track where you submit the form from and if you are out of the area, they deny the benefits because you were not home everyday available for work...never mind the fact that you could have hopped on a plane and returned home from you favorite aunt's funeral if you had a job interview or offer...you were denied benefits for that week.

I wouldn't know if jury duty would do the same thing...try to match the log on location and say well you logged on locally so we think you are lying about being out of town and not being able to come back that week....but I would be concerned.

It doesn't work that way.  The jury duty notice you receive is for some time in the future.  You may well be living locally at the time you receive the notice (how else would you receive it?); but, be out of town on the date you are called to serve on jury duty.