JUDGMENT
ABBAN J.A.
The appeal is from the judgment of the High Court, Accra, dated 7 August 1981. It was the result of the outcome of proceedings brought under section 20(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367), by the respondent. The appellant and the respondent both Ghanaians, were husband and wife, having been married under the Marriage Ordinance, Cap 127 (1951 Rev.), on 27 March 1971. The respondent (hereafter called the wife) was a graduate teacher in the Ministry of Education. At the relevant period the wife had been posted to the Teacher Training College, Accra. The appellant (hereafter called the husband) was a foreign service officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1977, differences arose between them because of the husband’s adultery with other women, his constant assaults and raining of blows on the wife.
Matters having come to a head in 1978, the wife petitioned for divorce. Although the husband filed an answer, he did not in fact offer any evidence in suppor…