A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J.A.
1. This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court, Tarkwa, dated 30th January, 2017. The appeal has arisen from a contest between the parties who were once husband and wife as to how to adjust their property rights in the assets acquired during the subsistence of the marriage. The petitioner/appellant is a teacher by profession who rose to become an Assistant Headmaster and finally Headmaster of Fiaseman Senior High School. The respondent/respondent on the other hand is a trader who progressed into an astute business woman operating several registered business enterprises.
2. The brief facts giving rise to the contest are that the petitioner/appellant, hereinafter called the appellant and the respondent/respondent hereinafter called the respondent married under the customary law at Nsuaem on 11th November 1982. Subsequently, the customary marriage was converted to an Ordinance Marriage under CAP 127 on 6th June 1982. At the time the petition was file…