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MAUDREN BEMPONG
V.
KWAKU BREMPONG

(2016) JELR 107790 (HC)

High Court 15 Mar 2016 Ghana
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- The petitioner and respondent were married under the Marriage Ordinance in 2008. - The petitioner seeks a dissolution of the marriage and for the respondent to pay off a loan she took on his behalf. - The petitioner claims that the respon

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO: BDMC 215/2014
Judges:HAFISATA AMALEBOBA
Counsel:NII AKWEI BRUCE THOMPSON ESQ. WITH RICHARD OBENG ESQ. FOR PETITIONER; KWAME WAJA ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT (ABSENT).

JUDGMENT

AMALEBOBA, J.

The Petitioner and Respondent were married at Family Bible Church.  Mateheko, Accra under the Marriage Ordinance 1884 – 1985 (Cap 127), on  29th November 2008. 

The wife- petitioner issued this Petition against her husband, the Respondent seeking a dissolution of the marriage on the ground that same has broken down beyond reconciliation. She seeks a further order that the Respondent pays off the loan she took for and on his behalf, from the Ghana Commercial  Bank. 

The case of the Petitioner is that Respondent who had fertility problems before  the marriage was contracted kept same from her, and she spent her money  in her attempts to assist him resolve the problem by taking him to various  health facilities. However the Respondent refused to take his medication, and further refuses to have sexual relations with her, and on account of the Respondent’s behavior, she cannot reasonably be expected to live with him.  Further she contended that the Respondent has failed …

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