From finalizing a divorce over Zoom to navigating custody during quarantine, the pandemic is making life complicated for couples trying to move on. (WBEZ)
For separated or divorced parents, the coronavirus can create questions about joint custody agreements, such as whether it's best to keep children isolated in one home or move them between homes.
"Let's say, for example, somebody's an ER doc and the other parent is extremely concerned about what protocols are being implemented to protect the kids," Jacobson said. She believes mediation could help families sort through those types of questions.Stark said it's still too early to know if divorce filings will increase after the stay-at-home order is lifted and life returns to some kind of normal, but he suspects they will.
"If they dislike each other, and they've talked about divorce, now you've got people who've been in a house for four or five weeks, it usually doesn't help," Stark said. "We had to raise our right hand, and he raised his right hand over my face accidentally, so the judge couldn't see me," Liz Urban said.
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