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(1975) JELR 84192 (HC)

High Court 29 Jul 1975 Ghana
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- The petitioner and respondent, married in 1965 under Ghanaian customary law, lived together in the UK before returning to Ghana in 1972; the marriage subsequently broke down beyond reconciliation. - The petitioner sought dissolution of ma

Case Details

Judges:KORANTENG-ADDOW J.
Counsel:T. A. Totoe for the petitioner. Mmieh for the respondent.
Location:Kumasi
Other Citations:[1975] 2 GLR 347-351

JUDGEMENT

KORANTENG-ADDOW J.

The petitioner and the respondent (both of whom are Ghanaians) were married in 1965. At that time the petitioner was in Ghana and the respondent was a student in the United Kingdom. The marriage was in fact arranged for the respondent by his relatives under the customary law. The petitioner joined her husband in England in the September of that year, and stayed with him up to the early part of 1972 when they returned home. They have two children. Since they returned home the marriage has broken down. All efforts to patch it up have proved abortive. By his conduct, the respondent has driven the petitioner away from the matrimonial home. The evidence shows that it is impossible to reconcile the parties and so the marriage ought to be dissolved.

This matter is however a little more complex. The petitioner is not only asking for the dissolution of this marriage. She has coupled this with a claim for money had and received. She is claiming the wages she earned dur…

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