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MR. X: Financial-wise I have three
children to support. The job that I am in is paid piece
work, that would be three days that I would be out of
work without pay.
 
THE COURT:
Thank you, sir. Anybody else
in the first row? Second row? Ms. X?
 
MS. X:
I work for hospice and I do
long—term care. People who I take care of are at the end
stages and they would have a very difficult time to find
anyone to replace me.
 
THE COURT:
Three days is too much?
MS. X:
It’s difficult for them. They
get very upset. They are in the end stages, and it is
difficult for them if someone else has to come in.
 
THE COURT:
Okay, thank you. Who else?
Ms. X?
 
MS. X: I am a single parent. I
need to get my daughter to school and work.
 
THE COURT:
And you can’t be covered at
work?
 
MS. X: Not my work, her work.
 
THE COURT:
So when do you pick her up and
take her?
 
MS. X: I take her to school in
the morning, she goes to school in Largo.

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