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EUNICE NYARKOA ANTWI
V.
DR JOHN ANTWI

(2016) JELR 107581 (HC)

High Court 29 Apr 2016 Ghana
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- The case involves a petition for divorce filed by Mrs. Eunice Akua Nyarkoa Antwi against Dr. John Yaw Antwi. - The petitioner alleges that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation due to the respondent's adultery and abandonment

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO. BDMC 519/2014
Judges:CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY J
Counsel:1. KWESI ADDO YOBO FOR ATTAH AKYEA FOR THE PETITIONER PRESENT 2. AKWELEY GABOR FOR BENSON NUTSUKPUI FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT

JUDGMENT

AGBEVEY J.

Mrs. Eunice Akua Nyarkoa Antwi (hereinafter called the Petitioner) and  Dr. John Yaw Antwi (hereinafter called the Respondent) were married under customary law at Achimota, Accra in October, 2001. The marriage was  subsequently converted to a marriage under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127)  (1951 Rev.) on the 26th day of December 2002 at the Christ the King Catholic  Church, Cantonments, Accra. 

After the said marriage, the parties cohabited at Tesano and later relocated to  House No. C1 1st Labone Street, Labone, Accra. 

The Petitioner, as at the 5th day of August 2014 when the petition was filed was working with Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST). She has since changed  jobs and is now the Manager of the Human Resources Department of  COCOBOD.

The Respondent is a doctor at the La General Hospital. There are three issues of the marriage whose names and dates of birth are follows: 

1. John Michael Antwi - 26th August, 2004 

2. Janice Maame Yaa Antwi - 28th September,…

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