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ALEXANDER MENSAH HAGAN V. MRS. ADWOA OFOSUA HAGAN

(2023) JELR 114420 (HC)

High Court  •  E6/05/2023  •  24 May 2023  •  Ghana

Coram
EMMANUEL A. LODOH, J

Appearances
Roland A.K. Hamilton, Esq. Counsel for the Petitioner Eunice Frimpong, Esq. Counsel for the Respondent

Judgement

JUDGMENT

The Petitioner on 15th December, 2022 invoked the court’s jurisdiction in a petition for divorce under Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367) and Order 65 rule 2 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47)  seeking the following reliefs:

  1. That the marriage celebrated between himself and the Respondent be dissolved.

  2. Any other relief as the Honourable Court may deem expedient so to grant the Petitioner.

Cross-Petition

The Respondent duly responded to the petition and in her Answer to the petition, cross-petitioned for multiple reliefs as follows:

a. The Respondent be granted custody of the children of the marriage namely Elsa Ewuradwoa Esandowa Hagan aged 16 years and Jed Eliot Kweku Ogyiri Hagan, aged 14 years.

b. That the matrimonial home, H/No. KP 21 Kwaprow, Cape Cpast be settled in favour of the Respondent.

c. That the petitioner be made to maintain the children at an amount of GH¢50, 000.00 monthly.

d. That the Petitioner be made to pay for the medica…

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