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NANA AGYEMAN
V.
LETICIA TETTEY

(2016) JELR 107869 (HC)

High Court 22 Mar 2016 Ghana
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- The case involves a petition for the dissolution of a marriage under the Marriage Ordinance. - The petitioner claims that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation. - The petitioner testifies that the respondent's behavior change

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO BDMC 414/2015
Judges:CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY
Counsel:1. PETER BOAFO FOR THE PETITIONER PRESENT 2. RESPONDENT FOR HERSELF PRESENT

J U D G M E N T 

The parties, Nana Kwabena Agyeman (hereinafter called the Petitioner) and Leticia Tettey (hereinafter called the Respondent) were married under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap 127) (1951 Rev) on the 21st day of August, 2008 at the office of the Principal Registrar of Marriages, Accra. 

It is the case of the petitioner that the marriage has broken down beyond  reconciliation. In the petition, filed on 2nd day of September, 2015 he prayed for  the following reliefs: 

1. The dissolution of the marriage contracted on the 21st day of August, 2008.

2. Any other orders that this honourable court may deem fit. 

In his evidence-in-chief, the Petitioner testified on oath that after they initially  married customarily in 2005 this was converted to an Ordinance marriage in the  year 2008. 

The Petitioner who is a trader told the court that the parties co-habited at Sakumono, Accra after the marriage. 

He further told the Court that there are two issues namely Francis Opare Annan and …

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