MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A: On 21-4-2004, the High Court, Accra, after dissolving the marriage between the parties made the following Orders:
“In conclusion and in exercise of this Court’s discretion under S. 20(1) and (2) of the MCA 1971, Act 367, I make the following awards:
1. Petitioner is hereby ordered to make a lump sum payment of US$80,000.00 to the respondent. This may be made in 5 installments.
2. US$5,000.00 or its cedi equivalent to cover cost of legal representation.
3. Cost of One-way Air-ticket from Ghana to US.”
Dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court, the petitioner/appellant appealed to this Court on the following grounds:
a. The judgment is against the weight of evidence.
b. The order that the petitioner must pay to the respondent the lump sum of US$80,000.00 and US$5,000.00 or its equivalent in cedis as costs of legal representation is excessive and constitutes gross miscarriage of justice.
c. That the trial Court failed to take into account as required by Law the materia…