In Jordan, online wedding contracts ease coronavirus blues
Published 16 Jul,2020 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — Marriage applications were suspended in mid-March when the coronavirus crisis started, but after online permissions were granted to apply for marriage online, a total of 7,190 marriages registered in Sharia courts all around the Kingdom, took place through June.
The Supreme Judge Department’s Spokesperson Ashraf Al Omari said that 3,640 marriage contracts were registered before March 17 while work was still ongoing before the lockdown.
From March 17 until the end of the month, no marriage contracts were registered due to the lockdown that the government imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, Omari said, noting that at the end of April, applications for marriage were allowed online, allowing physical meetings only for the betrothed, the parents, the contractor and the witnesses.
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