BECKY OCLOO V. YAW ASAMOAH
(2016) JELR 107501 (HC)
High Court
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SUIT NO. BDMC 166/2015
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27 Jul 2016
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Ghana
Coram
CECILIA DON-CHEBE AGBEVEY J.
Appearances
. OPOKU AMPONSAH FOR THE PETITIONER PRESENT
ISAAC NYANOR FOR THE RESPONDENT PRESENT
Judgement
<p class="ql-align-center"><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">JUDGMENT</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>AGBEVEY J.</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">The parties were married customarily on the 24th day of January 2004. The parties are both Ghanaians. The Petitioner works with Africa World Airlines and the Respondent is a businessman. There are two issues of the marriage; Angel Maame Ako Asamoah and Dwayne Nana Kwame Asamoah, who are 11 and 10 years old respectively. Per the petition filed on the 23rd day of January, 2015, the Petitioner is praying for reliefs as follows: </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">i) That the customary marriage celebrated between the parties be dissolved. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">ii) That the Petitioner is granted custody and the Respondent granted access to the children of the marriage. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">iii) That the Respondent be ordered to pay to the Petitioner such maintenance pending suit and thereafter such periodic payments as may be just.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">iv) That the Respondent be ordered to pay to the Petitioner in the alternative a lump sum of GH¢100,000.00 as compensation. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">v) An order that the Petitioner is a joint owner of the matrimonial home and entitled to ha…</span></p>