BEATRICE OYE PLOKHAAR V. STERIAN PLOKHAAR

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

The petitioner herein, a Ghanaian citizen was lawfully married to the  Respondent herein, a Dutch national under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap  127) on the 3rd day of January, 2009 in Accra. After the said marriage the  parties co-habited at Mariville Home at Manet Courts in Accra. They have  had one issue, Master Sterian Plokhaar Junior who was aged 2 ½ years at  the time the petition was filed. 

The petitioner contends that the marriage between the parties has,  however, broken down beyond reconciliation on account of the  respondent’s violent and unreasonable behavior as well as his promiscuous  and adulterous nature to the extent that the petitioner cannot reasonably  be expected to continue to live with him. The petitioner, therefore, on 1st June, 2012 commenced the instant action by filing a petition praying for  the following reliefs: 

a. That the said marriage celebrated between the parties on 3rd January, 2009 be dissolved for the reasons stated above.

b. T…