ABOAGYE J.: The petitioner and the respondent were married at the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Accra, on 31 August 1957. They then lived in Tafo in the Eastern Region where the respondent practised medicine at the local hospital. In 1962, the parties moved from Ghana and lived in Denmark up to 1970 when they moved to live in England. From 1972 to March 1973, the respondent was in Nairobi, Kenya, working for the flying doctor services. The petitioner was resident in Ghana during the period that the respondent was in Kenya. In March, this year, the respondent was asked by his employers to resign his post and he flew back to his country, Denmark. It had been arranged that the petitioner who was then with him in Kenya was to fly back to Ghana. Instead of the petitioner coming back to Ghana, she borrowed money from the Ghana High Commission in Nairobi and flew to Denmark to join the respondent. The parties spent last Easter together with their three children in Denmark. On 13 May …
KNUDSEN
V.
KNUDSEN
(1973) JELR 67214 (HC)
High Court 4 Dec 1973 Ghana
BriefBot Summary
- The petitioner and respondent were married in Accra in 1957 and lived in various countries due to the respondent's medical practice. - The respondent claimed the petitioner was violent, extravagant, and jealous, causing him distress and e
Case Details
Judges:ABOAGYE J.
Counsel:R. K TAY FOR AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PETITIONER; R. K KORSAH (AGBESI WITH HIM) FOR THE RESPONDENT CROSS-PETITIONER.
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