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BERNICE YEMPEW
V.
DANIEL YEMPEW

(2016) JELR 107525 (HC)

High Court 17 May 2016 Ghana
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- The parties married under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127) on October 11, 2002, and have one child, John Yempew. - Petitioner filed for dissolution of marriage in March 2015 on grounds of the parties living apart since February 11, 2011,

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. BDMC 239/2015
Judges:CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY J.
Counsel:LARRY DJANE FOR ROBERTSON KPATSA FOR THE PETITIONER PRESENT RESPONDENT PRESENT

J U D G M E N T 

The parties were married on the 11th day of October, 2002 at the Accra  Metropolitan Assembly, Accra, under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127). 

This petition was filed on the 17th day of March, 2015 for the following  reliefs. 

a. That the said marriage between the Petitioner and the Respondent be  dissolved. 

b. That the Petitioner be granted custody of the child of the marriage John Yempew with visitation rights to the Respondent  

c. That the Respondent be ordered to make to the Petitioner such maintenance pending suit and thereafter periodic payments as many be  just. 

d. That the Respondent be ordered to pay in the alternative to the Petitioner  a lump sum of fifty thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢50,000.00). 

e. That the following property be settled in favour of the Petitioner;

An undeveloped half plot of land lying and situate at Ho in the Volta  Region. 

The Respondent filed an Answer on the 8th of June, 2015 and denied the material particulars. He prayed the Court as follo…

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