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Couple Gets Married In Courthouse Bathroom After Mom Has Medical Emergency

1010 WINS -- A New Jersey couple had a last-minute change of wedding venue after the groom's mom suffered an asthma attack.

Brian and Maria Schulz, of Ocean Township, had brought their moms along with them to the Monmouth County courthouse, where they were planning to tie the knot. But before they could exchange their wedding vows, Brian's mom started having trouble breathing.

Sheriff's officers brought her to the bathroom where they gave her oxygen and called for an ambulance to take her to a hospital.

It appeared the couple was going to have to put off their wedding and wait 45 days for a new marriage license to be processed.

But one officer had a better idea.

He suggested the couple get hitched right there in the restroom.

There were no objections, so Judge Katie Gummer performed the ceremony and the couple said their "I do's" in the ladies room as they waited for the EMTs to arrive.

Sheriff's Officers Assist Couple with Nuptials in Unusual Wedding Ceremony

Things didn't go exactly as planned when a couple from Ocean Township recently visited the Monmouth County Courthouse along with their moms to get married. Thanks to the quick thinking of Monmouth County Sheriff's Officers and a judge willing to change venues from her chambers, Brian and Maria Schulz were able to tie the knot. The planned nuptials took a sudden turn, when unfortunately the groom's mom had trouble breathing and thought she was having an asthma attack in the courthouse. Sheriff's Officers assisted in administering oxygen to the mom in the ladies bathroom and called EMTs to take her to the hospital. The couple was clearly upset about the mom and having to postpone their wedding in which they would have to wait another 45 days for a new marriage license to be processed. Since the sheriff's officers were concerned about the mom and did not want her moving from the ladies room, S/O Leonard Maxfield kicked his thinking into high gear, why not get married in the ladies room? The future Mr. and Mrs. were on board and so was the Hon. Judge Katie Gummer who performed the rather unusual ceremony. We are pleased to report that Mr. and Mrs. Schulz are doing great and so is mom. They were touched that Sheriff's Officers and the Hon. Judge Gummer went out of the way to make their day memorable and special. #SheriffGolden and the #MCSONJ commend all for a great job in pulling this off and congratulate the newlyweds! Many years of happiness.

Posted by Monmouth County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, January 24, 2018

"They were touched that Sheriff's Officers and the Hon. Judge Gummer went out of the way to make their day memorable and special," the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook.

Brian's mom and the newlyweds are all doing great.

-Marta Zielinska

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