New Jersey couple gets married in bathroom after mom falls ill

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Thursday, January 25, 2018
From: Monmouth County Sheriff's Department's Facebook page
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FREEHOLD, N.J. -- A New Jersey couple recently changed their wedding venue from a judge's chambers to a courthouse bathroom after a relative had an asthma attack.



Brian and Maria Schulz were set to tie the knot on Jan. 2 when the groom's mother had difficulty breathing.



She was taken to a women's room at the Monmouth County Courthouse, where sheriff's officers administered oxygen and called EMT's.





If they had postponed the wedding, they would have had to wait 45 days for a new marriage license. So one of the officers suggested holding the ceremony in the bathroom.



In a video posted on the sheriff's office Facebook page, Judge Katie Gummer performed the ceremony.



The groom's mother is doing fine.



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