JUDGMENT
ACKAAH-BOAFO, JSC:
Overview:
[1] My Lords, this appeal brings into sharp focus the contentious issue of spousal property distribution in Ghana, as governed by Article 22 of the 1992 Constitution. Specifically, it invites this Court to determine whether the analytical framework established in leading authorities such as Mensah v. Mensah (1998-99) 2 GLR 350, Boafo v. Boafo (2005-2006) SCGLR 705, and subsequent decisions such as Mensah v Mensah [2012] 1 SCGLR 391, Quartson v Quartson [2012] 2 SCGLR 1077, Arthur (No. 1) v. Arthur (No. 1) (2013-2014) 543 - which dealt with the distribution of spousal property after the dissolution of marriage - is being appropriately applied by trial courts.
[2] Amma and Kojo Owusu Sarpong were married under customary law in 2002. They celebrated an ordinance marriage on Valentine's Day, 2005. From the evidence, they separated sometime in November 2015, when, according to Amma, Kojo refused her advances for intimacy, though they remained in the same h…