AZOKO
V.
AWINE

(2025) JELR 114161

District Court 14 Apr 2025 Ghana
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Suit Number:UE/BG/DC/A4/8/2024
Judges:HIS WORSHIP MAWUKOENYA NUTEKPOR (DISTRICT MAGISTRATE)
Counsel:RICHARD ADAZABRA, ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONER. MOHAMMED TIAMIYU, ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Location:Bolgatanga, Upper East

JUDGMENT

Introduction

1. This judgment is in respect of a love affair gone sour, on which shoulders both parties herein have importuned the court to sort out the messy consequences of their marriage which has unravelled. The Roman poet Virgil in his Eclogues asserts that “Omnia vincit Amor” which means love conquers all things. The idiom “Love conquers all” means that love is a powerful force that can overcome any obstacle or difficulty. It suggests that when two individuals are deeply in love with each other, their bond and affection can triumph over challenges, conflicts, or adversities that they may encounter in life. Unfortunately, the empirical evidence from divorce litigation disproves this assertion. If indeed love conquers all, the parties herein would have resolved their matrimonial difficulties or differences.

2. The Petitioner per her petition for divorce filed on the 22nd day of July, 2024, claims against the Respondent for the following reliefs:

a. An order dissolving her ord…

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