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BEATRICE OYE PLOKHAAR
V.
STERIAN PLOKHAAR

(2016) JELR 108100 (HC)

High Court 22 Jan 2016 Ghana
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- The petitioner, a Ghanaian citizen, was married to the respondent, a Dutch national, and they have one child together. - The petitioner filed for divorce in 2012, alleging the respondent's violent behavior and promiscuity, and sought cus

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. BMC 283/2012
Judges:KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:ROCKSON DAFEAMEKPOR ESQ. FOR THE PETITIONER; MARILYN BORDE-KUOFIE ESQ. HOLDING THE BRIEF OF GYAU KWAKU BAAFOUR ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

The petitioner herein, a Ghanaian citizen was lawfully married to the  Respondent herein, a Dutch national under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap  127) on the 3rd day of January, 2009 in Accra. After the said marriage the  parties co-habited at Mariville Home at Manet Courts in Accra. They have  had one issue, Master Sterian Plokhaar Junior who was aged 2 ½ years at  the time the petition was filed. 

The petitioner contends that the marriage between the parties has,  however, broken down beyond reconciliation on account of the  respondent’s violent and unreasonable behavior as well as his promiscuous  and adulterous nature to the extent that the petitioner cannot reasonably  be expected to continue to live with him. The petitioner, therefore, on 1st June, 2012 commenced the instant action by filing a petition praying for  the following reliefs: 

a. That the said marriage celebrated between the parties on 3rd January, 2009 be dissolved for the reasons stated above.

b. T…

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