An employee may not be required or requested to use annual, vacation, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process, or for time spent actually serving on a jury.
No one is exempt from jury duty; however, you may request to be excused from jury duty for the following reasons: 1) A person who is over 70 years of age; 2) A person who has served as a justice court juror in the past two years; 3) A person who is caring full time for either (I) children under 10 years of age, or (II) ...
Small Claims court is less formal, and you do not need an attorney to represent you. The filing fees are due at the time you file the affidavit.