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AMOAKO
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AMOAKO

(2016) JELR 107485 (HC)

High Court 7 Jul 2016 Ghana
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- The petitioner, the wife, filed a petition seeking the dissolution of her marriage and various financial and property settlements. - The grounds for the petition were that the marriage had broken down beyond reconciliation, with constant

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: DM/00086/2015
Judges:HAFISATA AMALEBOBA (MRS)
Counsel:ALFRED AGYEI MENSAH FOR PETITIONER; ROBERT QUARTEY FOR RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

AMALEBOBA (MRS), J.

The Wife - Petitioner issued this Petition against her husband, the Respondent  seeking the following reliefs: 

1. That the marriage be dissolved. 

2. That Respondent as financial provision and settlement pays GHC  100,000.  

3. That Respondent provides Petitioner with five (5) plots of land situate  and being at Oyarifa. 

4. Petitioner be given a taxi cab acquired in May 2015 

5. The adopted son be given to Respondent 

The ground upon which the Petitioner issued the Petition is that the marriage  has broken down beyond reconciliation. The facts averred to in support the  Petition are that the parties always have disagreements and can never agree  on issues. Further that while the Petitioner wants to settle in Ghana, the  Respondent is desirous of living in the United Kingdom. According to the  Petitioner all attempts by friends, family members, and Ministers of God to assist the parties settle their differences have proved futile, and the marriage  has broken dow…

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