Jessica and Hans met at the Hall of Justice. One of the busiest (and dirtiest) buildings in the state of Kentucky - romantic. Hans was a public defender at the time and Jessica was in training in her new job as a child support prosecutor. While shadowing a fellow prosecutor on a criminal non-support docket, Hans walked into Jessica’s conference room to discuss a case. They were both intrigued by the other right away. A little later, Jessica walked into the courtroom and Hans found a reason to talk to her - asking her about getting a motion on a docket in a family court case (Jessica’s preferred area of law). As fate would have it, Jessica happened to be training in the courtroom in family court where Hans filed his motion - the one she’d given him advice about. They spoke briefly in the conference room outside the courtroom. When Hans left, Jessica said to herself, “I’m going to marry that man.” A few months later, now a full-fledged prosecutor, Jessica was assigned to the same courtroom Hans worked in every Friday. Eventually, Hans asked Jessica out on a date, and the rest is history.

A little less than two months before the proposal, Jessica and Hans bought a house near Cherokee Park. Hans and Jessica knew early on in their relationship that this was their person. Jessica and Hans made an appointment to look at engagement rings. Jessica had a style in mind and they found the ring within 10 minutes of walking in the store. The ring had to be sized and the diamond set, so they left thinking that it would be at least a week before it was ready. The next day they got a call that the ring was ready. They went together to pick it up and on the way home, Hans made a stop at Cherokee Park. At the top of Dog Hill, Hans asked Jessica to spend the rest of her life with him.