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BEATRICE KORSAH BROWN
V.
MATEY ASARE

(2015) JELR 107499 (HC)

High Court 21 Dec 2015 Ghana
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- The Petitioner and Respondent were married on September 1, 2012, under the Marriage Ordinance 1884 - 1985. - The Respondent failed to file an answer to the Petition but attended the trial. - The Petitioner alleges that the Respondent's be

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: BDMC 248/15.
Judges:HAFISATA AMALEBOBA
Counsel:MR. KORSAH BROWN FOR THE PETITIONER NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT: 

The Petitioner and Respondent were married at the St. Theresa’s Catholic  Parish at Kaneshie Awudome in Accra, under the Marriage Ordinance 1884  – 1985 (Cap 127), on 1st September 2012. The Marriage was evidenced by a  Marriage Certificate Number STP/493/2012 with License Number  STP/MC/00019/2012.  

The Respondent who entered appearance to the Petition, failed to file an  answer though he attended the trial and was heard by the Court.

According to the Petitioner, after the marriage, the parties co-habited in  Teshie Rasta, until the 20th of July 2014, when the co – habitation came to an end. There are no issues of the marriage, and no previous proceedings have been commenced in any Court.  

The Petitioner averred that the Respondent has been behaving in such a  manner that the Petitioner cannot be expected to be in the marriage, and  prays for a dissolution of the marriage on the grounds that same has broken  down beyond reconciliation, and for an order that the Respondent b…

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