In another case, an Upper East Side couple in finance — he in private equity and she a bank money manager — “were working really hard and not seeing each other a lot and their relationship broke down. They just weren’t spending time together,” said Bikel, who represented the husband.

But the wife came down with the coronavirus in the beginning of March and the once-distant husband “had to devote himself to taking care of her” and the couple’s two kids, an 11-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl.

“He was her only lifeline,” Bikel said. The now-doting spouse, who started cooking for his wife and making sure she was hydrated while also monitoring her breathing, called the lawyer three weeks ago, declaring, “I don’t want to get divorced.” They plan to “get into therapy as soon as she recovers and figure it out.”

But Dropping the divorce isn’t always about rekindled caring or romance. Pragmatic concerns also arise.