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CATHERINE PANYIN QUAYSON
V.
EUGENE KWEKU QUAYSON

(2016) JELR 108114 (HC)

High Court 15 Jan 2016 Ghana
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- The court held that the marriage between the parties had not been previously dissolved and, having broken down beyond reconciliation, was hereby dissolved under section 2(1)(e) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367). - Applying Men

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. BDMC 314/2013
Judges:MERLEY WOOD, J
Counsel:MARTEKI SANKAH (MS) FOR EKOW DADSON FOR PETITIONER; MICHELLE ADWOA AKUFO FOR GODREY YEBOAH DAME FOR RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

WOOD, J.

Per her amended petition, the wife petitioner prays for the following reliefs:

a. Dissolution of marriage celebrated between the parties. 

b. An order for cancellation of the marriage certificate issued to the parties on the 22nd January  1994 per certificate licence no. AMA3449/93 and 3/94. 

c. An order for declaration that house number 5, GCB Estate Community 3, Tema is jointly  owned by both the Petitioner and the Respondent. 

d. Any other reliefs as this court may deem fit to make, 

e. An order that the following properties be settled in favour of the Petitioner;

i. House number 5 GCB Estate, Community 3, Tema to the Petitioner herein.

ii. All that piece or parcel of land situate at East Legon, Adjiringanor near Ghana Cana Hospital,  Accra in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana. 

f. An order for recovery of all proceeds derived from the sale, lease and rental of the said  properties from the time of sale, lease or rental to the date of judgment plus inte…

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