JUDGMENT
AGBEVEY, J.
Ekow Amankwa Ocran (hereinafter called the Petitioner) and his wife (Irene Dedo Sackitey, hereinafter called the Respondent) were married on the 17th day of April, 2004 under the customary law which was converted on the same day to a marriage under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127) (1951 Rev.) at the office of the Principal Registrar of Marriages, Accra. The Petitioner currently lives in the U.S.A whilst the Respondent is a medical doctor resident in Ghana. There are two issues of the marriage namely Jojo Ewusi Ocran and Kobina Aggrey Ocran who are 10 and 8 years old respectively.
Per the petition filed on the 3rd day of July 2015, the Petitioner, on the ground that the Respondent has behaved in such a way that the Petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the Respondent, prayed the court for the following reliefs:
i) That the said marriage be dissolved.
ii) That the Petitioner and Respondent be ordered to have joint custody over the two issues of the …