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It is easy to remember 2020 as the year that forced many to postpone life-altering decisions. Brian Craig, Lebanon County Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court, however, saw the opposite. Instead of slowing down, residents from Lebanon and even other counties requested their marriage licenses in numbers not seen for almost half a century.
The Lebanon County Register of Wills Office and Marriage Bureau issued more marriage licenses in 2020 than any other year since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. A previous press release in November reported the number to be 1,045, but after December, Craig updated the figure to 1,057.
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Divorce rates have risen across the country since last spring. Legal document database LegalTemplates said it sold 34 percent more divorce agreements in March to June 2020 than the same period last year.
“In terms of our calls on a weekly and even daily basis, it definitely increased,” said Dave Schanbacher, a family law attorney based in York.