JUDGMENT
AKAMBA, JSC
This appeal by Anthony Victor Obeng, (herein after simply referred to as the appellant) raises for our decision whether or not the Court of Appeal which affirmed the decision of the trial High Court, adequately considered the material factors required by law in the latter’s award of a lump sum of $80,000 or its cedi equivalent in favour of Mrs Theresa Henrietta Obeng, (herein after simply referred to as the respondent.)
The appellant and respondent got married on 27th July 1996 in East Lancing, Michigan, in the United States of America. At that time the respondent lived and worked in Michigan in the United States. After the marriage they lived apart until 1998 when the respondent moved from Michigan to join the appellant in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the latter lived and worked with the United Nations (UN). There is no child of the marriage even though each of the parties has three (3) children from their previous marriages. The marriage broke down beyond reconcili…