Two checks for one rental unit

[Scott J.]

Good afternoon fellow BPers,

My somewhat long-term tenants (3 years) are a couple. One of them has finally finished a lengthy divorce process and they are requesting to each send me a separate check for rent. They stated the divorced person in the unit needs to show proof to a judge that they are paying X amount of rent directly to a landlord (not combined with a roommate).

Have any of you heard of this? It seems a little far-fetched, as divorces are common and I've never heard of having to mail individual checks to a landlord. On the flip side, I like these tenants and don't want to say something like "Sorry, I need one check. You will need to figure out how to make it work."

Y'all have been around the block. What do you think?