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ANTHONY OPOKU GYAMFI AND ANOTHER
V.
MADAM ADWOA ADUKUMAK AND ANOTHER

(2012) JELR 65490 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Jan 2012 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over the adoption of three children in Ghana. - The children's parents died in a car accident in Italy, and their uncle and his wife applied for an adoption order without the knowledge or consent of the childre

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/72/2011
Judges:MARIAMA OWUSU (MISS) J.A. (PRESIDING), F.G. KORBIEH J.A., IRENE C. DANQUAH (MS.) J.A.
Counsel:ASARE BEDIAKO ESQ. FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS,PETER KWAKU NTI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENTS.

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.

I deem it necessary to recount the order of events leading to this appeal in order to put the appeal in better perspective. The uncontroverted facts are as follows. One Janet Durowaa was the daughter of the 1st plaintiff/respondent herein. Janet Durowaa was married to one Anthony Opoku Gyamfi with whom she had two daughters called Dorothy Opoku Gyamfi and Stella Opoku Gyamfi, both of whom were minors at all material times. The afore-mentioned Anthony Opoku Gyamfi also had a son called Augustine Opoku Gyamfi(who was also a minor at all material times) with the 2nd plaintiff/respondent herein to whom he had earlier on been married. All the three children remained in Ghana whilst their father and the mother of the two girls went to Italy ‘to seek greener pastures’. All three children were also kept together in the custody of the1st plaintiff/respondent in order to give them ‘a sense of consanguinity’ and they attended the same boarding school. The original Anthony Opoku…

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