Forget Marriage & Divorce in NYC Amid Coronavirus

From Bloomberg:

New York courts stopped taking non-essential filings on March 23, and Lucian Chalfen, a court spokesman, said Friday that category definitely included divorce filings. Chalfen said a person could attempt to ask a judge to consider an emergency divorce filing but said that would likely be “a bit of a stretch.”

The city’s marriage bureau, which issues licenses, has been closed since March 20.

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